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Subject: Re: Problem with obtaining distinct values from a variable containg a nodeset
From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:27:12 +1100
xpath distinct
"Your typical node-set" by definition does not guarantee that you'll
have sibling nodes, or even nodes belonging to a single xml document.

Certainly, this is engine-independent, has nothing to do with "the
.NET architecture" and is a basic XPath concept.

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Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev
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On 11/30/05, Ian E. Powell <Ian.Powell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Following up. David was correct in that the .NET architecture was not
> providing your typical nodeset to the
> XSLT. The System.Xml.XPath.XPathNodeIterator was essentially providing a
> "windowPane" view of the original document
> through the $services parameter. Using the generate-id() showed
> this.(Not explicitly mentioned on MSDN that I could find).
>
> Changing preceding-sibling() to preceding() solved the problem.Thanks
> for pointing me in the right direction on this one
> David.
>
> Ian
>
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