[xquery-talk] retrieving node depending on its context

[Christian Wittern]

"Michael Kay" <mhk at mhk.me.uk> writes:

> Sorry for the incomplete explanation. $n is the <name> element that youa re
> testing.

Thank you.  I got it now:-)

> Personally I find it much more natural to do this using the
> following-sibling axis, and I suspect that on products that offer the
> following-sibling axis (are there still any that don't?) it's likely to be
> more efficient.

Agreed. I try to use this on eXist, which currently does not (yet!)
offer the following-sibling axis.

All the best and thank you for your help,

Christian

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