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Re: (2 xpath questions)
At 11:42 PM 09/25/2000 +0200, Taras Tielkes wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John E. Simpson" <simpson@polaris.net>
>To: <xsl-list@mulberrytech.com>
>Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 3:52 PM
>Subject: Re: (2 xpath questions)
> > ...The XPath spec says of the // abbreviated syntax:
> >
> > // is short for /descendant-or-self::node()/
> >
> >
>
>The long form, "/descendant-of-self::node()" will work in MSXML, again using
>the XPath DOM querying methods.
Ah yes, but that "long form" does NOT include the trailing /, and that's
why it works, while simply /[descendant-or-self::node()]/ does not. Try the
long form you quote above, but tack an extra slash on it and see if it
still works.
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