Re: (2 xpath questions)

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Subject: Re: (2 xpath questions)
From: "John E. Simpson" <simpson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 19:46:14 -0400

At 11:42 PM 09/25/2000 +0200, Taras Tielkes wrote:

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From: "John E. Simpson" <simpson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: (2 xpath questions)
> ...The XPath spec says of the // abbreviated syntax:
>
>       // is short for /descendant-or-self::node()/
>
>

The long form, "/descendant-of-self::node()" will work in MSXML, again using
the XPath DOM querying methods.

Ah yes, but that "long form" does NOT include the trailing /, and that's why it works, while simply /[descendant-or-self::node()]/ does not. Try the long form you quote above, but tack an extra slash on it and see if it still works.

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Re:, (continued) David Carlisle - Mon, 25 Sep 2000 11:02:36 GMT Taras Tielkes - Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:02:47 +0200 John E. Simpson - Mon, 25 Sep 2000 09:52:34 -0400 Taras Tielkes - Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:42:27 +0200 John E. Simpson - Mon, 25 Sep 2000 19:46:14 -0400 <= David Carlisle - Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:53:20 GMT Taras Tielkes - Tue, 26 Sep 2000 17:35:44 +0200

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