[xquery-talk] next node (sibling)

[Michael Kay]

> 
> I'm stuck on trying to get the next sibling.... am I missing 
> something, or is this just plain not possible?  

Although XQuery doesn't require support for the following-sibling axis
of XPath, you can simulate it by replacing

   $x/following-sibling::*[1]

with

   $x/../*[.>>$x][1]

Michael Kay