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The conditional statement doesn't work. However -- and this is what I don't understand -- if I put in a valid value in place of the current '{.}', it does work. [@id='{.}'] tests if the id attribute is equal to the string '{.}' which it isn't. stuff inside string quotes is always a string literal in Xpath, and that is the only place that {} is valid, as part of a string, {} never has any special meaning in an Xpath expression. If you wanted to test if the id attribute were equal to . you'd use [@id=.] except you don't want that as . there is the current node at that point, ie the element that has the id attribute that you are testing. probably you want [@id=current()] to test against the value of the node current at the outer expression. David ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________
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