It worked. Many thanks.

"Dimitre Novatchev" wrote:

> > 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']"/>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> 
> 
>