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selectSingleNod e( "a path where names include parentheses") proble

I'm trying to execute selectsinglenod e(string_var) where where string_var
contains the value ".//NetIncome(YTD)_ Member/Series[@type='data']". The
opening and closing parentheses are literals (not defining a function or
serving a grouping purpose). I get an error:

msxml3.dll: Unknown method.
.//-->NetIncome(YT D<--)_Member/Series[@type='data']

How do I get selectsinglenod e to treat the parentheses as literals? I've
tried a variety of escape sequences to no avail.

Many thanks!
--
Bob Hodgman
Oct 4 '07 #1
4 2031
as xml does not support ()'s and several other characters in a node
name, there is no quoting for it. there are also additional restrictions
on the first char of a node name.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

Bob H. wrote:
I'm trying to execute selectsinglenod e(string_var) where where string_var
contains the value ".//NetIncome(YTD)_ Member/Series[@type='data']". The
opening and closing parentheses are literals (not defining a function or
serving a grouping purpose). I get an error:

msxml3.dll: Unknown method.
.//-->NetIncome(YT D<--)_Member/Series[@type='data']

How do I get selectsinglenod e to treat the parentheses as literals? I've
tried a variety of escape sequences to no avail.

Many thanks!
Oct 4 '07 #2
Thanks for the quick reply, Bruce!

Do you know where I can find a complete list of charcters that cannot be in
a node name?
--
Bob Hodgman
"bruce barker" wrote:
as xml does not support ()'s and several other characters in a node
name, there is no quoting for it. there are also additional restrictions
on the first char of a node name.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

Bob H. wrote:
I'm trying to execute selectsinglenod e(string_var) where where string_var
contains the value ".//NetIncome(YTD)_ Member/Series[@type='data']". The
opening and closing parentheses are literals (not defining a function or
serving a grouping purpose). I get an error:

msxml3.dll: Unknown method.
.//-->NetIncome(YT D<--)_Member/Series[@type='data']

How do I get selectsinglenod e to treat the parentheses as literals? I've
tried a variety of escape sequences to no avail.

Many thanks!
Oct 4 '07 #3
from: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml-20060816/#NT-Nmtoken

[Definition: A Name is a token beginning with a letter or one of a few
punctuation characters, and continuing with letters, digits, hyphens,
underscores, colons, or full stops, together known as name characters.]
Names beginning with the string "xml", or with any string which would
match (('X'|'x') ('M'|'m') ('L'|'l')), are reserved for standardization
in this or future versions of this specification.
note: a ":" is allowed, but its a separator between the namespace and
the node name.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
Bob H. wrote:
Thanks for the quick reply, Bruce!

Do you know where I can find a complete list of charcters that cannot be in
a node name?
Oct 4 '07 #4
Great! Thanks, Bruce!
--
Bob Hodgman
"bruce barker" wrote:
from: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml-20060816/#NT-Nmtoken

[Definition: A Name is a token beginning with a letter or one of a few
punctuation characters, and continuing with letters, digits, hyphens,
underscores, colons, or full stops, together known as name characters.]
Names beginning with the string "xml", or with any string which would
match (('X'|'x') ('M'|'m') ('L'|'l')), are reserved for standardization
in this or future versions of this specification.
note: a ":" is allowed, but its a separator between the namespace and
the node name.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
Bob H. wrote:
Thanks for the quick reply, Bruce!

Do you know where I can find a complete list of charcters that cannot be in
a node name?
Oct 4 '07 #5

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