RE: Excluding nodes

> How do I match everything except a given node?
> 
> I know //*/* matches any node with an element as a parent.

No, it matches every element with an element as a parent.
  
> I want to match every node with an element as a parent except for one node

> with a specific name (news_detail.)
> 

//*/node()[not(self::news_detail)]

Mike Kay 


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