At 2002-05-04 10:27 -0700, Scott Zagar wrote:
In order to "delete" a node, I'm trying to write an xpath that, when given
an id, will return the entire tree with the exception of the matching node
for the id.

This must be done using the processing model of XSLT and cannot be done 
with a single XPath expression.



I hope the solution below helps.  I left every other parameter you used 
untouched.



............. Ken



t:\ftemp>type scott.xml
<category id="5">music
 <category id="6">blues
  <artist id="7">bb king</artist>
  <artist id="8">lightnin hopkins</artist>
 </category>
 <category id="6">jazz
  <category id="11">bebop
   <artist id="12">charlie parker</artist>
  </category>
  <artist id="9">miles davis</artist>
  <artist id="10">john coltrane</artist>
 </category>
</category>

t:\ftemp>type scott.xsl
<xsl:stylesheet
  version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" >
 <xsl:output
  method="xml"
  indent="yes"
  omit-xml-declaration="yes"
  cdata-section-elements="category artist" />
 <xsl:param name="delete_id"/>
 <xsl:template match="/|*|text()|processing-instruction()|comment()"
               name="copy-me">
  <xsl:copy><!--copy all elements if this were the only rule-->
   <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
   <xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
  </xsl:copy>
 </xsl:template>
 <xsl:template match="artist">
   <xsl:if test="@id != $delete_id">
     <xsl:call-template name="copy-me"/>
   </xsl:if>
 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

t:\ftemp>saxon scott.xml scott.xsl delete_id="7"
<category id="5"><![CDATA[music
 ]]><category id="6"><![CDATA[blues

  ]]><artist id="8"><![CDATA[lightnin hopkins]]></artist><![CDATA[
 ]]></category><![CDATA[
 ]]><category id="6"><![CDATA[jazz
  ]]><category id="11"><![CDATA[bebop
   ]]><artist id="12"><![CDATA[charlie parker]]></artist><![CDATA[
  ]]></category><![CDATA[
  ]]><artist id="9"><![CDATA[miles davis]]></artist><![CDATA[
  ]]><artist id="10"><![CDATA[john coltrane]]></artist><![CDATA[
 ]]></category><![CDATA[
]]></category>
t:\ftemp>


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