Hi,

I am trying to figure out how to use the id() function and was wondering if someone could provide some explanation and if possible a simple example of how to use it.

Cheers,

Claudio

The id function retrieves a set of nodes based on a whitespace delimited list of ID's. To qualify as an ID the xml document must have a doctype with the attribute declared as of type ID, the name of the attribute is irrelevant.

See:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...asp?frame=true



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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

Hi Joe,

Thanks for your reply.

I read the example on Microsoft site but found it a bit complicated to understand. Would you have another more simple (less convoluted)
example??

Cheers,

Claudio

Not really, what bit don't you follow? It does the same as document.getElementById in a web page except that it returns a node set (which may only consist of one node) rather than just one element.

It's rarely used in XSLT because you need a DTD, using the key function is usually easier.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

ok Joe,

thanks a lot