Re: Selecting Specific Elements Regardless of Namespac

That isn't quite the answer to my question.  I am needing to do this regardless of the namespace.  Let me go into a little more detail

I am in an xsl sheet that creates html.  I need to know the value of the grannysmith/apple node using a xsl:value-of statment pathed directly to that node.  This xml I have however is in a fruit namespace and I don't want to know that I am in the fruit namespace. 

Thanks

Lindy

--- On Thu 05/09, Wendell Piez  wrote:
> Lindy,
> 
> At 02:33 PM 5/9/2002, you wrote:
> 
> >select="//*[local-name()='apple']"
> >
> >I have found where this statement allows me to get an element named
> apple 
> >regardless of where it is at in the tree.
> 
> Yes, and select="//apple" works even better. It actually gets
> *all* 
> elements named apple, not just one.
> 
> >   What if I need to get a specific apple.
> >
> >/fruit/apples/jonathan/apple
> 
> //jonathan/apple gets you all apples that are inside jonathans.
> 
> >as opposed to
> >/fruit/apples/grannysmith/apple
> 
> This is pretty basic XPath.
> 
> Fancier: all apples that are not in a grannysmith:
> 
> //apple[not(parent::grannysmith)]
> 
> Does anyone have a good recommendation on where new users can go to learn
> 
> XPath? A common weakness of currently-available XSLT books is in their 
> coverage of XPath's data model and syntax. Newbies need something that is
> 
> both (a) comprehensive, systematic and correct, and (b) easy to swallow
> and 
> digest. Unfortunately, it seems to be an area in which lots of folks think
> 
> they can cut corners and fake it, whereas in my experience a couple of 
> hours spent learning this stuff get you a *huge* return on investment in 
> time (and list bandwidth) saved later.
> 
> Anyway Lindy, there's your answer.
> 
> Enjoy,
> Wendell
> 
> 
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