> <pricelist>
> <date>xxxxx</date>
> <vendor>bcbcbc</vendor>
> <currency>GBP</currency>
> <subcategoryLevel1>
> <name>Security Products</name>
> <item> more data in here </item>
> <item> more data in here </item>
> <item> more data in here </item>
> <item> more data in here </item>
> <subcategoryLevel2>
> {more data}
> </subcategoryLevel2>
> </subcategoryLevel1>
> <subcategoryLevel1>
> <name>Software</name>
> <item> more data in here </item>
> ........
> <subcategoryLevel2>
> ........
> </subcategoryLevel2>
> </subcategoryLevel1>
> </pricelist>

> /pricelist/vendor
> /pricelist/date
> /pricelist/currency

> /pricelist/!subcategoryLevel1

Marc Jennings wrote:

> I have an XML document that I am trying to pull some information from.
> The structure is similar to the following.
>
>
>><pricelist>
>> <date>xxxxx</date>
>> <vendor>bcbcbc</vendor>
>> <currency>GBP</currency>
>> <subcategoryLevel1>
>> <name>Security Products</name>
>> <item> more data in here </item>
>> <item> more data in here </item>
>> <item> more data in here </item>
>> <item> more data in here </item>
>> <subcategoryLevel2>
>> {more data}
>> </subcategoryLevel2>
>> </subcategoryLevel1>
>> <subcategoryLevel1>
>> <name>Software</name>
>> <item> more data in here </item>
>> ........
>> <subcategoryLevel2>
>> ........
>> </subcategoryLevel2>
>> </subcategoryLevel1>
>></pricelist>
>
>
> I can select each item that is not of type "SubcategoryLevel1"
> individually with
>
>
>>/pricelist/vendor
>>/pricelist/date
>>/pricelist/currency
>
>
> etc, but I cannot be sure how many of these fields will exist in the
> file.
>
> Is it possible to select all child nodes of <pricelist> that do NOT
> have a name of "subcategoryLevel1".

wrote:

>
>
>Marc Jennings wrote:
>
>
>> I have an XML document that I am trying to pull some information from.
>> The structure is similar to the following.
>>
>>
>>><pricelist>
>>> <date>xxxxx</date>
>>> <vendor>bcbcbc</vendor>
>>> <currency>GBP</currency>
>>> <subcategoryLevel1>
>>> <name>Security Products</name>
>>> <item> more data in here </item>
>>> <item> more data in here </item>
>>> <item> more data in here </item>
>>> <item> more data in here </item>
>>> <subcategoryLevel2>
>>> {more data}
>>> </subcategoryLevel2>
>>> </subcategoryLevel1>
>>> <subcategoryLevel1>
>>> <name>Software</name>
>>> <item> more data in here </item>
>>> ........
>>> <subcategoryLevel2>
>>> ........
>>> </subcategoryLevel2>
>>> </subcategoryLevel1>
>>></pricelist>
>>
>>
>> I can select each item that is not of type "SubcategoryLevel1"
>> individually with
>>
>>
>>>/pricelist/vendor
>>>/pricelist/date
>>>/pricelist/currency
>>
>>
>> etc, but I cannot be sure how many of these fields will exist in the
>> file.
>>
>> Is it possible to select all child nodes of <pricelist> that do NOT
>> have a name of "subcategoryLevel1".
>
>Here is how:
> /pricelist/*[not(self::subcategoryLevel1)]