XPATH help with Expression

[Jerry O]

Hi -

I am stuck on what might be a simple Xpath expression, I just can't
visualize the query.

I have a node set that can be the child of any of three nodes. I would
like to test if a node matching [@url = $this-page] has the child
<related_info type="x" />.

Here's my XML
<?xml?>
<root>
<silo>
<level_one url="w123">
<related_info type="x"/>
</level_one>
<level_two>
<nav_item url="w234">
<related_info type="x"/>
</nav_item>
<nav_item url="x234">
<related_info type="x"/>
</nav_item>
</level_two>
<level_three>
<nav_item url="w23w">
<related_info type="x"/>
</nav_item>
<nav_item url="x2ww">
<related_info type="x"/>
</nav_item>
</level_three>
</silo>
....
</root>

I need to do two things.

1. See if the related info section exists, so I can adjust widths and
the like.
2. Call a named template to operate on the related_info data.

I'm almost at the point of creating a separate (flatter) XML for the
related_info and be done with it.

Let me know what you think.


Jerry

 

[Dimitre Novatchev]

Use:

/*/*/*[@url = $this-page and related_info[@type=''x'] ]



I'd recommend that you get the XPath Visualizer and play with it to learn
XPath the fun way.
=====
Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev.
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL

 

[Jerry O]

Hi Guys -

Thanks for the help. I used Dimitre's solution; tried them both but
managed to get his working first. Although, I like the idea of using a
key and will experiment with that version when I have more time, for
right now the straight XPATH was simpler.

I agree with Marrow that I should not have mixed data into element
names but at this time, I cannot rework the XML. Parts of it are
already in production. The good news is the structure will never go
below three levels. Point taken for next time.

Thanks for the tip on XPath Visualizer. It helped me catch a couple of
typos in the solution.

The final version ended up as :

//*/*/*[@url = $this-page and related_info[@type='x'] ]

Cheers,

Jerry O