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> Thanks for your input. What little I know about using "//" is > that the processor checks a whole document when a "//element" > is used. If we are talking about a really big document (few > mB) this would definitely slow down the transformation > processing time. > > Right? Not necessarily. With Saxon, using //x acts as a signal to build an index. If you use the construct repeatedly, you might well get better performance than when using /x/y/z - it all depends. Most XML databases will also use indexes to implement //x efficiently. The key to all performance improvement is measurement. Don't try to make any improvements to your code until you have a measurement framework in place. Once you've got proper instrumentation, you can experiment with code changes to your heart's desire; without it, you're groping in the dark. Regards, Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ http://twitter.com/michaelhkay
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