"Valery" <valerka@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> In the following XML:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
> <Plcy service="ILiability" boId ="LifePolicy, 1">
> <Prem service="IPremium" boId ="RegularPremium, 1"></Prem>
> <L1 service="ILifeMain" type = "Life1">
> <FirstName>Sheila</FirstName>
> <Age>65</Age>
> <Relation>spouse</Relation>
> </L1>
> <L2 service="ILife" type = "Life2">
> <FirstName>Bruce</FirstName>
> <Age>70</Age>
> </L2>
> </Plcy>
>
> I would like to select Nodes with boId attribute which are empty. I am
> using an XPath expression:
>
> "//*[@boId and not(text())]"
>
> but MS VS XPathNavigator's Select() returns both Plcy and Prem. It
> also sets IsEmpty field of Prem node to false.
>
> Whose fault is it - mine or MS?
>
> Yours,
>
> Valery the Newbie
>

Valery wrote:
> In the following XML:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
> <Plcy service="ILiability" boId ="LifePolicy, 1">
> <Prem service="IPremium" boId ="RegularPremium, 1"></Prem>
> <L1 service="ILifeMain" type = "Life1">
> <FirstName>Sheila</FirstName>
> <Age>65</Age>
> <Relation>spouse</Relation>
> </L1>
> <L2 service="ILife" type = "Life2">
> <FirstName>Bruce</FirstName>
> <Age>70</Age>
> </L2>
> </Plcy>
>
> I would like to select Nodes with boId attribute which are empty. I am
> using an XPath expression:
>
> "//*[@boId and not(text())]"

"Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]" <some@body.com> wrote in message
news:eaLg44uGIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Valery wrote:
>> In the following XML:
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
>> <Plcy service="ILiability" boId ="LifePolicy, 1">
>> <Prem service="IPremium" boId ="RegularPremium, 1"></Prem>
>> <L1 service="ILifeMain" type = "Life1">
>> <FirstName>Sheila</FirstName>
>> <Age>65</Age>
>> <Relation>spouse</Relation>
>> </L1>
>> <L2 service="ILife" type = "Life2">
>> <FirstName>Bruce</FirstName>
>> <Age>70</Age>
>> </L2>
>> </Plcy>
>>
>> I would like to select Nodes with boId attribute which are empty. I am
>> using an XPath expression:
>>
>> "//*[@boId and not(text())]"
>
> IN English that means "all elements having attribute bold and not having
> at least one child text node". Plcy and Prem both satisfy this condition.
> Try wider - select nodes that have no child nodes of any type at all:
>
> "//*[@boId and not(node())]"
>
> --
> Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP, MCPD]
> http://www.tkachenko.com/blog | http://www.XmlLab.Net

On Oct 31, 6:49 am, Oleg Tkachenko <f...@dummy.com> wrote:
> Joe Fawcett wrote:
> > "Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]" <s...@body.com> wrote in message
> >news:eaLg44uGIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> Valery wrote:
> >>> In the following XML:
>
> >>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
> >>> <Plcy service="ILiability" boId ="LifePolicy, 1">
> >>> <Prem service="IPremium" boId ="RegularPremium, 1"></Prem>
> >>> <L1 service="ILifeMain" type = "Life1">
> >>> <FirstName>Sheila</FirstName>
> >>> <Age>65</Age>
> >>> <Relation>spouse</Relation>
> >>> </L1>
> >>> <L2 service="ILife" type = "Life2">
> >>> <FirstName>Bruce</FirstName>
> >>> <Age>70</Age>
> >>> </L2>
> >>> </Plcy>
>
> >>> I would like to select Nodes with boId attribute which are empty. I am
> >>> using an XPath expression:
>
> >>> "//*[@boId and not(text())]"
> >> IN English that means "all elements having attribute bold and not having
> >> at least one child text node". Plcy and Prem both satisfy this condition.
> >> Try wider - select nodes that have no child nodes of any type at all:
>
> >> "//*[@boId and not(node())]"
>
> >> --
> >> Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP, MCPD]
> >>http://www.tkachenko.com/blog|http://www.XmlLab.Net
>
> > Prem appears to have no content.
>
> Yes, but it has end tag, so in XmlReader/XPathNavigator terms isn't
> empty element:
>
> XPathNavigator.IsEmptyElement Property
>
> When overridden in a derived class, gets a value indicating whether the
> current node is an empty element without an end element tag.
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.xpath.xpathnaviga...
>
> --
> oleg- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Joe Fawcett wrote:
> "Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]" <some@body.com> wrote in message
> news:eaLg44uGIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Valery wrote:
>>> In the following XML:
>>>
>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
>>> <Plcy service="ILiability" boId ="LifePolicy, 1">
>>> <Prem service="IPremium" boId ="RegularPremium, 1"></Prem>
>>> <L1 service="ILifeMain" type = "Life1">
>>> <FirstName>Sheila</FirstName>
>>> <Age>65</Age>
>>> <Relation>spouse</Relation>
>>> </L1>
>>> <L2 service="ILife" type = "Life2">
>>> <FirstName>Bruce</FirstName>
>>> <Age>70</Age>
>>> </L2>
>>> </Plcy>
>>>
>>> I would like to select Nodes with boId attribute which are empty. I am
>>> using an XPath expression:
>>>
>>> "//*[@boId and not(text())]"
>> IN English that means "all elements having attribute bold and not having
>> at least one child text node". Plcy and Prem both satisfy this condition.
>> Try wider - select nodes that have no child nodes of any type at all:
>>
>> "//*[@boId and not(node())]"
>>
>> --
>> Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP, MCPD]
>> http://www.tkachenko.com/blog | http://www.XmlLab.Net
>
> Prem appears to have no content.