Hi Dan, Thanks, but no. You can include "/" inside predicates, I have a working example of such:
documents[*/*/@yearBuilt = '2001'] That query gives me the document node for something that is two levels down that has the yearBuilt attribute set to 2001. Regards, Mark On Nov 5, 2007 2:15 PM, Dan Diephouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "/"s can not go inside the brackets. They must always go outside i.e. > parents//[EMAIL PROTECTED]'10']. > > - Dan > > > > Mark Waschkowski wrote: > > Hi Dan, > > > > Doh, I forgot to mention that I need a particular branch, and realized > > my example isn't very good. I'll try again. > > > > I have the following: > > > > /parent1/childJack/years=10 > > /parent2/childJill/years=12 > > /parent3/childJohn/years=35 > > /parent3/childJohn/childSuzy/years=10 > > > > I need the _adults_ that have children or grandchildren that are 10 > > years old because we are running a special promotion for 10 year olds, > > and need to notify the adults of it. > > > > I would like to write this: > > > > parents[//@years= '10'] > > > > but no go. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 5, 2007 1:51 PM, Dan Diephouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Mark Waschkowski wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I'm trying many different combinations to specify a predicate where > >>> ALL child nodes have some particular value. In other words, I would > >>> like to get all regions that have any children nodes that have a > >>> yearBuilt attribute of 2001. > >>> ie. documents/regions[//@yearBuilt = '2001'] > >>> > >>> I tried different combinations of factors but could only make the > >>> predicate apply if I knew what level the child was at: > >>> ie. documents/regions[*/@yearBuilt = '2001'] > >>> > >>> but in our case we don't always know the level, hence the need to > >>> apply a predicate using a descendant node. Is this possible? If not, > >>> are there any workarounds? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Mark > >>> > >>> > >> I think the correct xpath syntax is: documents/regions//[EMAIL PROTECTED] = > >> '2001']. > >> Cheers, > >> - Dan > >> > >> -- > >> Dan Diephouse > >> MuleSource > >> http://mulesource.com | http://netzooid.com/blog > >> > >> > >> > > > -- > > Dan Diephouse > MuleSource > http://mulesource.com | http://netzooid.com/blog > >
