"TripleDiamonds" wrote:

> if I have the following structure as my xml file
> 
> <Items>
>   <Item>
>      <mytext>1</mytext>
>      <items>
>      </items>
>   </item>
>   <item>
>     <mytext>2</mytext>
>     <items>
>       <item>
>         <mytext>3</mytext>
>         <items></items>
>       </item>
>       <item>
>         <mytext>56</mytext>
>         <items></items>
>       </item>
>       <item>
>         <mytext>565</mytext>
>         <items></items>
>       </item>
>       <item>
>         <mytext>33</mytext>
>         <items></items>
>       </item>
>    </items>
>  </item>
>  <item>
>    <mytext>89</mytext>
>    <items></items>
>  </item>
> 
> how would I select the item node that contained the mytext node where
> the text is 565?  is there a  way to do this type of query?  I have
> seen examples where the user does it using an attribute but have been
> unsuccessfull at finding an example where it is based on the text
> inside the node.....
> 
> any help would be appreciated.
> where each item can contain an items collection within itself



<xsl:for-each select="//Items/item[./mytext=565]">


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