Re: Counting records [Solved] - addendum

You would only ever need to do that if you didn't know the namespace,
and even then

self::*:HesaValidate_Response

is preferable to

local-name() = 'HesaValidate_Response

cheers
andrew

2008/12/9 Bradley, Peter <pbradley@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Because that's what BizTalk requires.
>
> I was trying to be helpful by pointing that out to anyone else who has
> to use BizTalk.  I'll know to keep quiet in future.
>
>
> Peter
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Carlisle [mailto:davidc@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 08 December 2008 18:59
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  Counting records [Solved] - addendum
>
>
>> count(/*[local-name()='HesaValidate_Response' and
>
> No! why on earth would you want to do that? It's a pain to write and
> inefficient to execute. Why couldn't you just do as was suggested in
> several replies?
>
> David