I should have mentioned that the name node in my document can contain the rest of my document, the search only returns the name node, not its' children.
"Mark J. Stang" wrote: > You can use xpath to select a single node. As an example, I use > > <name lname="Stang" fname="Mark" gender="M"> > </name> > > If I search for gender = 'M', the xpath query returns the the nodes that > match. > What the Xindice Xpath query returns is a list of keys that match your > query. > At that point you can retrieve the entire document. > > HTH, > > Mark > > Kanarinka wrote: > > > Hello All, > > I am also a newbie to xindice and xpath. I am wondering if it is > > possible to use Xpath to select a node without selecting its contents or > > all of its children. We are working on a project that will have elements > > that have sizable chunks of text data as their contents. In certain > > parts of the application we need to be able to represent the entire > > system's hierarchy, but we don't want to pull all of the contents of the > > nodes into memory. > > > > Here's an example: > > > > <lecture> > > <header> > > <id>2</id> > > <module_id>8</module_id> > > <title> Lecture 1: An introduction to nothing</title> > > </header> > > <contents> > > Blablahblahblahablahablahablahblah...really long > > contents here > > </contents> > > <topic> > > <header> > > <id>5</id> > > <module_id>3</module_id> > > <title> Topic 1: An introduction to > > nothing</title> > > </header> > > <contents> > > > > Blablahblahblahablahablahablahblah...reallyreally long contents here > > </contents> > > </topic> > > </lecture> > > > > In this case, the information that we need to represent the lecture and > > topic nodes visually in our hierarchy lives in the <header> element, > > however in order to preserve the hierarchical representation of the > > <header> element we would like to select something like the following: > > > > <lecture> > > <header> > > <id>2</id> > > <module_id>8</module_id> > > <title> Lecture 1: An introduction to nothing</title> > > </header> > > <topic> > > <header> > > <id>5</id> > > <module_id>3</module_id> > > <title> Topic 1: An introduction to > > nothing</title> > > </header> > > </topic> > > </lecture> > > > > Is this possible with Xpath or can you folks think of a better way to do > > this? I apologize if this is very ignorant. > > > > Thanks for any help you can offer! > > catie
