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The difference between your different approaches is almost certainly negligible. Both will be much slower than using a key definition. Michael Kay Software AG home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Arjé Cahn > Sent: 06 March 2002 10:39 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: XPath perfomance in attributes or nodes? > > > Hi everyone, > > Does anyone have some solid performance figures on using > XPath on attributes or nodes? > > For example, I have the following XML snippet: > > <projects> > <project uid="{6A97F258-93A7-4C5E-B712-052130A5208C}"> > > <uid>{6A97F258-93A7-4C5E-B712-052130A5208C}</uid> > <name>The project</name> > <description>This is the project</description> > <startdate>01-01-2002</startdate> > </project> > <project uid="{6A97F258-93A7-4C5E-B712-052130A5208D}"> > > <uid>{6A97F258-93A7-4C5E-B712-052130A5208D}</uid> > <name>Another project</name> > <description>This is another > project</description> > <startdate>02-02-2002</startdate> > </project> > </projects> > > And I want to select a <project>. > Is it faster using XPath > projects/project[uid='{6A97F258-93A7-4C5E-B712-052130A5208C}'] > or > projects/project[@uid='{6A97F258-93A7-4C5E-B712-052130A5208C}'] > or even (but this is not always possible) > projects/project[name='The project'] > ??? > > I will have about 10000+ items. > > Regards, > > Arjé Cahn > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Content Management Department > Hippo Webworks > Grasweg 35 > 1031 HW Amsterdam > The Netherlands > Tel +31 (0)20 6345173 > Fax +31 (0)20 6345179 > arje(at)hippo(dot)nl / www.hippo.nl > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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