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RE: Re: quick [but difficult] Xpath Question
- From: "Robert Koberg" <rob at koberg dot com>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:33:53 -0700
- Subject: RE: [xsl] Re: quick [but difficult] Xpath Question
- Reply-to: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
Quick answer :)
key('name_key', $name)[1]
best,
-Rob
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com]On Behalf Of Juan Estevan
> Madrigal
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 1:18 PM
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> Subject: [xsl] Re: quick [but difficult] Xpath Question
>
>
> Hello:
>
> I need an XPath statement which will return the first node found in the
> document, where the element's local-name() = 'XX'. The node can be anywhere
> in the source tree. I've tried all sorts of different statements but they
> either result too many records [ I just need the fist "hit"] or no records
> at all.
>
> I only need the first node, not all the nodes. and the name of the element
> is only known at runtime. This Xpath will be inside an XSLT file which acts
> as a "find command", displaying the first node found in the document.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
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