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> XPath count function counts only the nodes. but what i want
> to do, is to
> count attributes within the certain nodes; as following:
Attributes are nodes, just as elements are. Use count(//b_id/@id).
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
>
>
> <a>
> <b_id id="1">edd</b_id>
> <b_code>123</b_code>
> ....
> </a>
> <a>
> <b_id id="3">mike</b_id>
> <b_code>456</b_code>
> ....
> </a>
> <a>
> <b_id id="3">jack</b_id>
> <b_code>789</b_code>
> ....
> </a>
>
> if i use
> <xsl:value-of select="count(//b_id)"/>
> i get result 2
> but i would like to count upon the att ID in <b_id>.
>
> so that i get a count for id=1 within <b_id> 1
> and count for id=3 within <b_id> 2
>
> I guess XPath doesn't support this. is there anyother
> solution (without
> using any script language).
>
> thank you in advance, Tomaz
>
>
>
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