Re: unknown element selection (parent is known)

["John E. Simpson" <simpson at polaris dot net>]

Rob van der Zeijden wrote:
> 
> How do I select a record without knowing the
> name of it. What I know is the name of the parent,
> 
> <PARENT>
>     <???>Donald Ball</???>
>     <???>23</???>
> </PARENT>

match="PARENT/*" or select="PARENT/*" (asterisk is wildcard character
meaning "an element of any name")

> Another thing i do not know is the number of elements. So I will
> proberly have to use for-each.

Or apply-templates, depending on the circumstances.

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