Xpath

bonekrusher · October 1st, 2008, 11:43 AM

Hi,

Take the following example:

Code:

<root>
    <foo att1="1" att2="2" att3="3">Data</foo>
</root>

Say I want to select all attributes of foo except @att2, how can I do this.

When I try:

Code:

<xsl:for-each select="@*[not(@att2)]">

The processor complains (saxon 9.1.0.1):

Code:

The attribute axis starting at an attribute node will never select anything

Martin Honnen · October 1st, 2008, 11:48 AM

As you are using XSLT 2.0 you can translate your English description directly into code:

Code:

<xsl:for-each select="@* except @att2">

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Martin Honnen
Microsoft MVP - XML

bonekrusher · October 1st, 2008, 12:02 PM

Thanks Martin,

Yes I am using 2.0 - I need to stop leaning on 1.0 and start to using all the improvements in 2.0.

I picked up XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference, 4th Edition, when it was released. I need to crack it open again.

Thanks!

mhkay · October 1st, 2008, 12:27 PM

>to select all attributes of foo except @att2

In XSLT2, use

select="@* except @att2"

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference