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[xsl] Evil xpath

2006-08-18 15:25:16
 
Hello all,

I have a need to check preceding-sibling::*[1] to see if it's a <title> or
not using XPATH.  However, its not working.  Below is my XML.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "C:\docbook\XML\docbookx.dtd">
<!-- preceding::*[1] != title @ sect2-->
<chapter>
        <title/>
<sect1>
        <title></title>
<sect2><!-- preceding-sibling::*[1] = title -->
        <title role="maintenance_head"> dont break column!!</title>
<para></para>
</sect2>
<sect2><!-- preceding-sibling::*[1] = sect2 -->
        <title role="maintenance_head">break column!!</title>
<para></para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</chapter>


The comments: <!-- preceding-sibling::*[1] = title --> show the results of
the XPATH query.  However, I cannot get a boolean value out of this
statement.

Why wont this work: preceding-sibling::*[1] = 'title'  ???

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

David White


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