> I have tried using the following but it returns only the first <child> 
> node.
> <xsl:variable name="Temp" select="/root/child[substring(@id,1,2)='Id']"/>

Use
    xsl:copy-of
instead of
    xsl:value-of

and you'll be able to see that the XPath expression actually selects 2 
nodes.

This can also be verified by:

   count(="/root/child[substring(@id,1,2)='Id'])


Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev.


"RN" <RN@d...> wrote in message 
news:594318E2-4708-41FB-B2A1-9D454D6B8053@m......
> Would it be possible to collect the following node-set using XSL in a
> variable for the XML provided below based on the condition that the value 
> of
> "id" attribute of <child> has the first 2 characters as "Id"?  If yes, how 
> do
> I draft the query?
>
> Nodeset
> ----------
>  <child id='Id01'>
>     <ttt/>
>  </child>
>  <child id='Id03'>
>     <bbb/>
>  </child>
>
> XML
> -----
> <root>
>  <child id='Id01'>
>     <ttt/>
>  </child>
>  <child id='myId02'>
>     <hhh/>
>  </child>
>  <child id='Id03'>
>     <bbb/>
>  </child>
> </root>
>
> I have tried using the following but it returns only the first <child> 
> node.
> <xsl:variable name="Temp" select="/root/child[substring(@id,1,2)='Id']"/>
>
>
>
>
>