Marian, > 1. > SELECT > xpath_nodeset(xml_data, '/mydocument/body/chapter/contents/[EMAIL > PROTECTED] > = "02"]|/mydocument/body/[EMAIL PROTECTED]"87"]') > FROM xmltable > WHERE id = 3
You could maybe use the xpath: '//[EMAIL PROTECTED] = "02"]' if you want all paragraphs at all document levels. A nice xslt reference is: file:///home/cnagy/offline/XSLTreference/Output/index.html There you can also exercise your xpath skills... Cheers, Csaba. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly