RE: Selecting child elements bar one

> this is supposed to work:
> 
>   <xsl:template match="/">
>     <xsl:apply-templates select="*[not(self::two)]" />
>   </xsl:template>

In your example, "/" has only one child, the element named <doc>. Your
template would work if it specified match="doc".

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

> 
> i.e., given this XML input:
> 
>   <doc>
>     <one>foo</one>
>     <two>bar</two>
>     <three>baz</three>
>   </doc>
> 
> element 'two' should be excluded.
> 
> Well, I'm getting:
> 
>   foo
>   bar
>   baz
> 
> and it's starting to drive me crazy.  What's worse, is that I know the
> answer is going to be so damn obvious I'm going to feel incredibly
> stupid, more so than I do already.  Aaaarrrggghhh, I think XSLT hates
> me!
> 
> sdt