RE: Need Xpath Question (help).

> > I am looking for the XPath that will :
> >
> >      1) Return the "LineItem" with the lowest Price "in
> each LineItems"
> > (hint:  the parent axis is easier to get working in this
> case than the
> > sibling axes)

If you want a single XPath expression, then:

/Invoices/Invoice/LineItems/LineItem/Price[not(. > ../Price)]

A more efficient approach is likely to be a recursive XSLT template.

> >
> >      2) Select all the text nodes, comment nodes,
> processing instruction
> > nodes, and element nodes that come before the 49.95 Price node,
> >         except the ancestors of that Price node.
> >

//Price[.='49.95']/preceding::node()

This is almost right: it also includes the root node. If you want to get rid
of the root, add the predicate [generate-id(.)!=generate-id(/)].

Mike Kay


> >
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <Invoices>
> <Invoice ID='1000'>
>  <CustomerName>Jane Smith</CustomerName>
> <LineItems>
>  <LineItem>
>  <Sku>134</Sku>
>  <Description>Dons Boxers</Description>
>   <Price>9.95</Price>
> </LineItem>
> <LineItem>
>  <Sku>153</Sku>
>  <Description>Rice Krispy COM Object</Description>
> <Price>10000.00</Price>
> </LineItem>
>  <LineItem>
> <Sku>72</Sku>
> <Description>Red Vines</Description>
> <Price>4.95</Price></LineItem></LineItems></Invoice>
> <Invoice ID='1010'>
> <CustomerName>Storm Phillips</CustomerName>
> <LineItems>
> <LineItem>
> <Sku>171</Sku>
> <Description>COM is LOVE T-shirt</Description>
> <Price>9.95</Price></LineItem>
> <LineItem>
> <Sku>200</Sku>
> <Description>ATL Internals</Description>
> <Price>49.95</Price></LineItem></LineItems></Invoice>
> <Invoice ID='1020'>
> <CustomerName>John Stockton</CustomerName>
> <LineItems>
> <LineItem>
> <Sku>53</Sku>
> <Description>Caffeinated Beverages</Description>
> <Price>0.50</Price></LineItem>
> <LineItem>
> <Sku>22</Sku>
> <Description>Friday Pizza</Description>
> <Price>0.00</Price></LineItem>
> <LineItem>
> <Sku>201</Sku>
> <Description>MFC Internals</Description>
> <Price>39.95</Price></LineItem></LineItems></Invoice></Invoices>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>   Mitch K. Ragan
>     Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group
>     Global Electronic Commerce
>     Senior Systems Analyst  425-266-3155
>
>
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