Re: beginners filtering problem

Hi,

For example, you can also write your query as

((sxpath '(@ (*or* OID Name) *text*))
   (node obj))

or

((sxpath "@*[self::OID or self::Name]/text()")
   (node obj))


Dmitry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Chambers" <achambers.home-gM/[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 5:10 PM
Subject: [ssax-sxml] beginners filtering problem


> Hi,
>
> I'm having a little trouble getting to grips with sxpath and I wonder
> if someone could help.  Given a node like this
>
> (ItemDef (@ (SASFieldName "WTUNITS")
>                    (OID "IT.WTUNITS") (Name "Weight Units")
>                    (Length "2") (DataType "text")))
>
> I'd like to get the text bits of the OID and Name attributes.
>
> The following does what I want but I'm not sure its as simple as it could 
> be
>
> ((sxpath '(*text*))
>   ((node-or (sxpath '(@ OID))
>             (sxpath '(@ Name))) (node obj))))
>
> ..where (node obj) evaluates to the node described above
>
> I think that a solution involving the filter converter should make it
> clearer but I haven't been able to get it to do what I mean.
>
> I'm using guile's sxpath if that makes a difference.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy


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