"Holger Boskugel" <news.post@v...> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have to parse different partial XML-nodes. I want
> get root or a child node if it has a specified attribute.
> But I get only childs at the moment. How can I get
> also the root node if it has the attribute?
>
> Sample:
>
> a)
> <MyTag MyAttribute='true'>MyText</MyTag>
>
> b)
> <MyRoot>
>   <MyTag MyAttribute='true'>MyText</MyTag>
> </MyRoot>
>
> c)
> <MyRoot>
>   <MyParent>
>     <MyTag MyAttribute='true'>MyText</MyTag>
>   </MyParent>
> </MyRoot>
>
> How can I query a) and b) for the attribute
> MyAttribute ?
>
> Actually "//*[@MyAttribute]" works only for
> childs (b, c). But I need it also for a) in the same
> query like this expression :
>
> "Select the root or child or descendant which
> has an attribute MyAttribute".
>
>

Try:-


//self::*[@MyAttribute]

// is an abbreviation for /descendant-or-self::node()

Therefore //* is /descendant-or-self::node()/child::*

Hence this path can never select the root node.


-- 
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET