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Hi Michael, comments inline.. > > Heh heh, i figured out that much. MSXML gives a root node > > back when I append a "/" at the end of an XPath query. > > > There should never be a "/" (or "file://") at the end of an XPath expression. The > only exception is the expression "/" which means the root node. Ok, should I file a bug with MSXML? It permits a closing "/", and will (as fas as I see) return the doc root when you use it (at the end of the xpath expr.) > Neither "//" > nor ".//" is a valid XPath query. But *why* is "//" an invalid query? What are the rules for validity, and which ones get broken? Any what's wrong with ".//"? This works with MSXML (not that *that* means something), and will return the same as "descendant-or-self::node()" for the context node. I really hope I'm wrong though, since I'm going to buy your book this week ;-) Regards, Taras XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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