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Re: Selecting Specific Elements Regardless of Namespace


At 12:33 PM 5/9/2002, you wrote:

>select="//*[local-name()='apple']"
>
>I have found where this statement allows me to get an element named apple 
>regardless of where it is at in the tree.  What if I need to get a 
>specific apple.
>
>/fruit/apples/jonathan/apple
>as opposed to
>/fruit/apples/grannysmith/apple

   Can't you simply extend your example?

select="//*[local-name()='jonathan']/*[local-name()='apple']"


Greg Faron
Integre Technical Publishing Co.



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