On Mar 15, 5:21 pm, Bjoern Hoehrmann <bjo...@hoehrmann.de> wrote:
> * tschulken wrote in microsoft.public.dotnet.xml:
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> >I have a query where i need to look for a value of a lower level xml
> >element based on the value of a parent element existing first. Here is
> >a simple example of the xml
>
> ><S3Client>
> > <Buttons>
> > <Button>Activity
> > <RestrictedClientType>
> > <ClientType>02</ClientType>
> > </RestrictedClientType>
> > </Button>
> > ...
> > </Buttons>
> ></S3Client>
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> >Here is my query, I am trying see if ClientType '02' exists when the
> >Button element has a value of "Activity". I wanted to do this in one
> >xpath query. Any help would be appreciated.
> >/Security/S3Client/Buttons[Button=3D'Activity']/
> >RestrictedClientType[ClientType=3D'02']
>
> For example:
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> //ClientType[ . =3D '02' and
> ancestor::Button[ normalize-space() =3D 'Activity' ]
>
> or
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> /S3Client/Buttons/Button[ normalize-space() =3D 'Activity' ]/
> RestrictedClientType/ClientType[ . =3D '02' ]
>
> Your expression is basically correct, but you missed the space
> characters in the <Button> element.
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>I have a query where i need to look for a value of a lower level xml
>element based on the value of a parent element existing first. Here is
>a simple example of the xml
>
><S3Client>
> <Buttons>
> <Button>Activity
> <RestrictedClientType>
> <ClientType>02</ClientType>
> </RestrictedClientType>
> </Button>
> ...
> </Buttons>
></S3Client>
>
>Here is my query, I am trying see if ClientType '02' exists when the
>Button element has a value of "Activity". I wanted to do this in one
>xpath query. Any help would be appreciated.
>/Security/S3Client/Buttons[Button='Activity']/
>RestrictedClientType[ClientType='02']

>> ><S3Client>
>> > <Buttons>
>> > <Button>Activity
>> > <RestrictedClientType>
>> > <ClientType>02</ClientType>
>> > </RestrictedClientType>
>> > </Button>
>> > ...
>> > </Buttons>
>> ></S3Client>

>That makes sense but it seems that I am having trouble getting it to
>work. Since the <RestrictedClientType> was added as a child node of
>Button, seems that the first part of my query doesn't work. I guess I
>am used to parent nodes just having no values or maybe just attributes
>but seems that since Button has a value of "Activity" and then the
>child node, does querying for the Activity Text change? Here is an
>example, before <RestrictedClientType> was added, this xpath query
>would work fine:
>_xmlDocument.SelectSingleNode( "/Security/S3Client/Buttons/
>Button['Activity']" );

>Now that query does not work, any ideas?

On Mar 15, 9:30 pm, Bjoern Hoehrmann <bjo...@hoehrmann.de> wrote:
> * tschulken wrote in microsoft.public.dotnet.xml:
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> >> ><S3Client>
> >> > <Buttons>
> >> > <Button>Activity
> >> > <RestrictedClientType>
> >> > <ClientType>02</ClientType>
> >> > </RestrictedClientType>
> >> > </Button>
> >> > ...
> >> > </Buttons>
> >> ></S3Client>
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> Here the content of the <Button> element is this:
>
> 1. the word "Activity" followed by
> a line feed character followed by space characters
> 2. the RestrictedClientType element
> 3. a line feed character followed by space characters
>
> I do not know whether the code above has been pretty printed for
> readability, or whether it reflects what is actually in the tree
> in memory, but assuming this is how it is in memory your original
> ... Button=3D'Activity' ... would not work as that would match if
> the content was just 'Activity'.
>
> >That makes sense but it seems that I am having trouble getting it to
> >work. Since the <RestrictedClientType> was added as a child node of
> >Button, seems that the first part of my query doesn't work. I guess I
> >am used to parent nodes just having no values or maybe just attributes
> >but seems that since Button has a value of "Activity" and then the
> >child node, does querying for the Activity Text change? Here is an
> >example, before <RestrictedClientType> was added, this xpath query
> >would work fine:
> >_xmlDocument.SelectSingleNode( "/Security/S3Client/Buttons/
> >Button['Activity']" );
>
> I am not sure whether this is a typo, but this does not do what you
> want at all. The string literal 'Activity' is converted to a boolean
> (true) so this would select the first 'Button' element that has the
> ancestors Buttons, S3Client, Security, in that order. You could also
> write
>
> /Security/S3Client/Buttons/Button['HelloWorld']
>
> and the result would be the same.
>
> >Now that query does not work, any ideas?
>
> I do not see a reason why this would happen.
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On Mar 16, 8:40 am, "tschulken" <tschul...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 15, 9:30 pm, Bjoern Hoehrmann <bjo...@hoehrmann.de> wrote:
>
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>
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> > * tschulken wrote in microsoft.public.dotnet.xml:
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> > >> ><S3Client>
> > >> > <Buttons>
> > >> > <Button>Activity
> > >> > <RestrictedClientType>
> > >> > <ClientType>02</ClientType>
> > >> > </RestrictedClientType>
> > >> > </Button>
> > >> > ...
> > >> > </Buttons>
> > >> ></S3Client>
>
> > Here the content of the <Button> element is this:
>
> > 1. the word "Activity" followed by
> > a line feed character followed by space characters
> > 2. the RestrictedClientType element
> > 3. a line feed character followed by space characters
>
> > I do not know whether the code above has been pretty printed for
> > readability, or whether it reflects what is actually in the tree
> > in memory, but assuming this is how it is in memory your original
> > ... Button=3D'Activity' ... would not work as that would match if
> > the content was just 'Activity'.
>
> > >That makes sense but it seems that I am having trouble getting it to
> > >work. Since the <RestrictedClientType> was added as a child node of
> > >Button, seems that the first part of my query doesn't work. I guess I
> > >am used to parent nodes just having no values or maybe just attributes
> > >but seems that since Button has a value of "Activity" and then the
> > >child node, does querying for the Activity Text change? Here is an
> > >example, before <RestrictedClientType> was added, this xpath query
> > >would work fine:
> > >_xmlDocument.SelectSingleNode( "/Security/S3Client/Buttons/
> > >Button['Activity']" );
>
> > I am not sure whether this is a typo, but this does not do what you
> > want at all. The string literal 'Activity' is converted to a boolean
> > (true) so this would select the first 'Button' element that has the
> > ancestors Buttons, S3Client, Security, in that order. You could also
> > write
>
> > /Security/S3Client/Buttons/Button['HelloWorld']
>
> > and the result would be the same.
>
> > >Now that query does not work, any ideas?
>
> > I do not see a reason why this would happen.
> > --
> > Bj=F6rn H=F6hrmann =B7 mailto:bjo...@hoehrmann.de =B7http://bjoern.hoeh=
rmann.de
> > Weinh. Str. 22 =B7 Telefon: +49(0)621/4309674 =B7http://www.bjoernsworl=
d=2Ede
> > 68309 Mannheim =B7 PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 =B7http://www.websitedev.=
de/
>
> Bjorn,
>
> Yes, what i had was a typo and I apologize. The xpath query should be
> "/Security/S3Client/Buttons[Button=3D'Activity']". This used to work for
> all Button lookups and now that I added the Child Node for the
> "Activity" button, it doesn't work on that one (but still works for
> others since they don't have children). Is there a way for a single
> query to be used for both scenarios?
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