John Reid wrote:
i have tried a number of approaches but with various but not correct
results. I want to delete the absent node (and everything below it)
where $vardate = from and @pword $varpword.
...
<xsl:variable name="pword" select="ancestor::@pword"/>
Wont select anything, ever. Try
<xsl:variable name="pword" select="ancestor::player[1]/@pword"/>
or if the player node is always the grandfather
<xsl:variable name="pword" select="../../@pword"/>
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()[not($date1 = $vardate and
$pword = $varpword)]"/>
</xsl:copy>
This does not quite match your problem description ("I want to
delete the absent node"). The following template
<xsl:template match="absent[ancestor::player/@pword=$varpword
and from=$vardate]"/>
will make processing the nodes in questions a no-op (iow kill it),
other absent nodes are copied through by the other template.
J.Pietschmann
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