Thanks! That really helped. It sure is deceptively simpler tahn I 
thought. I was going about it in a much more of a mangled way.

I have another question. If I have this template in another context, 
justas an example.

 <xsl:template match="ordereditems">
 	<xsl:copy-of select="self::node()"/>
 </xsl:template>

I get as I would think the node and all of it's little kiddies. However, 
there is now a namespace in the 'ordereditems' node that reads 
'xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"'. Where is this 
coming from? Is there a way t o turn it off or control it somehow?

Thanks all,
J


In article <249935A8-6202-4AD3-9DEA-75EE9C4A9FD5@m...>, 
MukulGandhi@d... says...
> Please try this
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> 
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> 
> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" />
> 
> <xsl:template match="/orders">
>   <orders>
>     <xsl:copy-of select="order[not(contains(ordereditems, 'stupid'))]" />
>   </orders>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> Regards,
> Mukul
> 
> "supranoob" wrote:
> 
> > Hey all,
> > First off, I must admit that this xsl stuff is really throwing me around 
> > in a loop. So far it is more than a tad over my head. I am pretty sure 
> > that what I am trying to do can be done, I just can't seem to find any 
> > straight (well, easy to grasp) info on it.
> > 
> > I have xml like this;
> > <orders>
> >     <order>
> >         <ordernumber>54321</ordernumber>
> >         <ordereditems>
> >             <ordereditem>
> >                 <partnumber>smart part</partnumber>
> >             </ordereditem>
> >             <ordereditem>
> >                 <partnumber>smart part</partnumber>
> >             </ordereditem>
> >             <ordereditem>
> >                 <partnumber>stupid part</partnumber>
> >             </ordereditem>
> >         </ordereditems>
> >     </order>
> >     <order>
> >         <ordernumber>12345</ordernumber>
> >         <ordereditems>
> >             <ordereditem>
> >                 <partnumber>smart part</partnumber>
> >             </ordereditem>