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On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Ben Pickering wrote: > Hi > > I have a really quick question. What is the abbreviated equivalent of: > > ../descendant-or-self::node()[generate-id(.) = $node] > > The XPath docs say that '//' is equivalent to 'descendant-or-self::node()', > but if I try > > ..//[generate-id(.) = $node] > > I get an error, and > > ..//*[generate-id(.) = $node] > > is nearly there, but produces a different effect. What do I use to replace > the '*', as I don't want to select the children of '..'s descendants, I want > the descendants themselves. '.' doesn't work. > > It seems to be that '//' is equivalent to 'descendant::node()', ie, 'self' > is not included. What am I doing wrong? Just reading the XPath docs wrong, that's all. // is equivalent to /descendant-or-self::node()/ - note the leading and trailing slashes. You could try ..//.[generate-id(.) = $node] -- <Matt/> Fastnet Software Ltd. High Performance Web Specialists Providing mod_perl, XML, Sybase and Oracle solutions Email for training and consultancy availability. http://sergeant.org | AxKit: http://axkit.org XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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