Hi Peter, ino:id is an attribute, so you need to get it using this xpath-expression: /ino:response/xql:result/metadata/@ino:id
- Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:jaxen-interest-admin@;lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf > Of Peter Lorenzen > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 7:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Jaxen] XPath that returns ino id? > > > Hi, > > I am new to this world, so sorry if this is a stupid > question. I have a XML document from a Tamino XML > database. Every document is unique identified by > ino:id. In this example the value is 1. The ino:id in > the example is sitting on the metadata tag, but I > could be sitting on other tags. I want to create an > XPath expression that always will give me the ino:id > of any document. I have been trying to accomplish this > via the JDOMDemo that comes with Jaxen. So far I have > not even been able to get the value by ‘hard coding’ > the path like this: /ino:response/xql:result/metadata > This I got via the XPath Explorer program. But nothing > is returned in the demo. I must have misunderstood > something fundamental. Is it the namespaces that is > the problem. I read some were that I should provide a > prefix to namespace mapping. I did not succeed in this > either. > > Hope somebody can help. > > Regards, > Peter Lorenzen > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> > <ino:response > xmlns:ino="http://namespaces.softwareag.com/tamino/response2" > xmlns:xql="http://metalab.unc.edu/xql/"> > <xql:query>metadata</xql:query> > <ino:message ino:returnvalue="0"> > <ino:messageline>XQL Request > processing</ino:messageline> > </ino:message> > <xql:result> > <metadata ino:id="1"> > <errors> > <test > fieldpath="ContactList/contact/name/firstName">Der > mangler noget</test> > <test > fieldpath="ContactList/contact/birthday">forkert > dato</test> > </errors> > </metadata> > </xql:result> > <ino:message ino:returnvalue="0"> > <ino:messageline>XQL Request > processed</ino:messageline> > </ino:message> > </ino:response> > > > Beskyt din computer mod virus og misbrug! Læs mere i Yahoo! > Sikkerhedscenter på www.yahoo.dk/sikkerhedscenter > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: > To learn the basics of securing your web site with SSL, > click here to get a FREE TRIAL of a Thawte Server Certificate: > http://www.gothawte.com/rd522.html > _______________________________________________ > Jaxen-interest mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jaxen-interest > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: To learn the basics of securing your web site with SSL, click here to get a FREE TRIAL of a Thawte Server Certificate: http://www.gothawte.com/rd522.html _______________________________________________ Jaxen-interest mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jaxen-interest