Re: Grouping by key

On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 21:34:31 +0100, Geert Josten
<geert.josten@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Dimitre,
> 
> >>Now I know why I get confused sometimes. The operators _do_ work on nodesets, but functions _don't_..
> >
> > This has nothing to do with operators/functions -- just the way XPath
> > 1.0 and XPath 2.0 react to a sequence of more than one item when just
> > one is expected.
> 
> I was speaking of XPath 1.0 only, not comparing the two.


Yes, in XPath 1.0 only the first node in a node-set is used when one
value is expected -- there's no distinction b/n functions and
operators in this respect.


Cheers,

Dimitre.