>>Also is there any XPath that allows you to carry out phrase searching,
>>or word searches? >You have the contains() and starts-with() functions. Is there a way to make contains() case insensitive? Paul -----Original Message----- From: Richard Light [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 April 2003 13:03 To: xindice-users@xml.apache.org Subject: Re: xpath for NOT Operator In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gul Akbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >Hi, >Can you perform a query with the boolean NOT operator? can anyuone give >me examples. I have the query: > //mets [ /mets/agent/name='Gul Akbar' NOT /mets/role='Administrator' ] Check out the XPath standard: it isn't a secret! :- http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath I think your example query would have more luck if re-phrased thus: //mets[agent/name='Gul Akbar' and not(role='Administrator')] >Also is there any XPath that allows you to carry out phrase searching, >or word searches? You have the contains() and starts-with() functions. Richard Light -- Richard Light SGML/XML and Museum Information Consultancy [EMAIL PROTECTED]