Xpath Help,....again

[SgtPeppa]

Given this XmlStructure:

<channel>
	<title>ChannelTitle</title>
	<link>link</link>
	<description>des</description>
	<item>
		<title>Item1Title</title>
		<link>link1</link>
		<description>des1</description>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>Item2Title</title>
		<link>link2</link>
		<description>link3</description>
	</item>
</channel>

i want to read the node description where the title = Item1Title

Heres my try but this aint working:

//channel/item/title['Item1Title']/../description

anyone what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,

Stephan

 

[JontyMC]

Nothing wrong. Works for me. You using a default namespace? Could also try:

//channel/item[title='Item1Title']/description

 

[flumpy]

//channel/item/title[text() = 'Item1Title']/../description

should do it

 

[SgtPeppa]

This worked perfect!

//channel/item[title='Item1Title']/description

Thanks a million to both of you!

Stephan

 

[flumpy]

.. interesting Jon, I didn't know you could specify child nodes in the axis. nice one