Hi all,
Please move/post generic XPath questions to the appropriate forum -- the
Mulberry Technologies XSL list. The Xalan-J user list is _not_ the
appropriate list.
Thanks!
Dave
Jarkko Moilanen
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09/01/2003 08:47 Subject: RE: xpath help!!!
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On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Raveendranath, Rohith (LNG - AUS) wrote:
> thankx for the quick reply
>
> well is there any way to form a qury such that i can find all C markups
who
> doesn't have markup B in any of its hierarchy (ie parent or grant parent
or
> grand grand parent ... any forefather)
Something like:
//C[not(preceding-sibling::B)][not(ancestor-or-self::B)]"
I would avoid using plain preceding since it is quite "heavy" operation to
do.
>
> oops am i becoming more greedy in tersm of req:
>
> Thanx
> Rohith
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jarkko Moilanen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, 2 September 2003 1:27 PM
> To: Raveendranath, Rohith (LNG - AUS)
> Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Re: xpath help!!!
>
>
> On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Raveendranath, Rohith (LNG - AUS) wrote:
>
> //C[not(parent::B)]
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > If I have an xml like :
> >
> > <A>
> > <B>
> > <C/>
> > </B>
> > <D>
> > <C/>
> > </D>
> > <E>
> > <C/>
> > </E>
> > </A>
> >
> >
> > Is there any way of seleceting al the element C whose parent is not B -
> What
> > is the equalent Xpath
> >
> > Regards
> > Rohith
> >
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