"johns221b" <johns221b@d...> wrote in message
news:FE4E50FD-9572-4A55-BA25-E8A58EE62C3F@m......
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> "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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select="//item[mytext='565']"