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Given an XML like the below, one can search for London with the xPath
expression using //destination[description='Lo ndon']/code ... Now my
requirement is, how can we search for all descriptions has word "London"
which will result me the last 2 elements

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<locations>
<destination>
<code>LOH</code>
<description>Lo ch Ness</description>
</destination>
<destination>
<code>LON</code>
<description>Lo ndon</description>
</destination>
<destination>
<code>LDY</code>
<description>Lo ndonderry-N.Irl</description>
</destination>
</locations>
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May 10 '06 #1
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you could try something like "//destination[contains(descri ption,
"London")]"

May 10 '06 #2
The Exact Xpath Expression for selecting all such Description Fields in the
document would be

"//description[contains(self:: description,'Lo ndon')]"

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Dubai.

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Given an XML like the below, one can search for London with the xPath
expression using //destination[description='Lo ndon']/code ... Now my
requirement is, how can we search for all descriptions has word "London"
which will result me the last 2 elements

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<locations>
<destination>
<code>LOH</code>
<description>Lo ch Ness</description>
</destination>
<destination>
<code>LON</code>
<description>Lo ndon</description>
</destination>
<destination>
<code>LDY</code>
<description>Lo ndonderry-N.Irl</description>
</destination>
</locations>
--
Every thing is perfect, as long as you share!!!

May 10 '06 #3

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