[XML4Lib] XPath: Selecting nodes grouped with parent?
Andrew Nagy
andrew.nagy at villanova.edu
Tue Oct 31 17:35:30 EST 2006
Walker, David wrote:
>I've tried a couple of things. This returns ONLY those databases that have a type of Bibliography, but obviously doesn't include the subcategory parent nodes:
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> //database[type = 'Biography']
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>This returns subcategory nodes that have a child database with the type of Bibliography, but it also includes ALL of the child nodes, regardless of whether they have a type of 'Bibliography' or not.
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> //subcategory[database/type = 'Biography']
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>
>
Are you looking for "Biography" or "Bibliography"?
What about:
/category/*[database/type = 'Bibliography'] ?
Just a guess. I use a similar expression in a project I am currently
working on.
Andrew
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