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RE: Error 80004005 eof - Microsoft XML Parser (September Drop)
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- Subject: RE: Error 80004005 eof - Microsoft XML Parser (September Drop)
- From: Wendell Piez <wapiez at mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 18:27:16 +0100
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Andy,
Could you point to the loophole? Either I missed it altogether, or I'm
tired after a long squawk and can't remember it.
Regards,
Wendell
At 02:44 PM 10/19/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Ben,
>
>You wrote:
> > Expected token 'eof' found '['. //-->[<-- ancestor::sidebar[1]]
>
>Because of a loophole in the spec, .[ancestor::sidebar[1]] is not a valid
>XPath expression. The July release allowed this syntax, but for the
>September release I tightened MSXML's conformance.
>
>Use self::node()[ancestor::sidebar[1]] instead.
>
>~Andy Kimball
>MSXSL Dev
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ben Skelton [mailto:Ben_Skelton@habaneros.com]
>Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 1:56 PM
>To: XSL-List@mulberrytech.com
>Subject: Error 80004005 eof - Microsoft XML Parser (September Drop)
>
>
>
>
>Hello All,
>
>I am having a problem with the September drop of the Microsoft Parser.
>
>In the stylesheet I have the following code, which works fine with the July
>build of the parser but not the September build:
>
>
><xsl:template match="title">
> <xsl:choose>
><xsl:when test=".[ancestor::sidebar[1]]">
> <xsl:choose>
> <xsl:when test=".[ancestor::sect4
>[1]]">
> <h4><xsl:apply-templates /></h4>
> </xsl:when>
>
>
>On the September build gives the following
>error...
>
>
>msxml3.dll error '80004005'
>
>Expected token 'eof' found '['. //-->[<-- ancestor::sidebar[1]]
>
>/ofleet/default.asp, line 192
>
>
>I think it is the way I have referenced the current node with the . but
>don't
>see a clear way of doing it unless I do something like this:
>
>../title[ancestor::sect4[1]]
>
>Which seems a little clunky to me.
>
>
>Can anyone please let me know of the correct syntax to use and why this
>build is
>specifically choking on this piece of code. It would be great if anyone
>could
>give me their experience with the stability of the two builds in a
>production
>environment. (Yeah, I know it is Beta code, but still...)
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>_Ben
>
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