xpath question

[Starton X. Mangrove]

In my xml document I have a description element that contains varying xhtml,
along the lines of

<description>th is is a test</description>

-or-

<description><b >hello</b><br />this is a test<br /></description>


When trying to select the description element in xpath...
<xsl:copy-of select="descrip tion/*"/>

....Im getting uneven results. I would like get everything inside the
description elements, but if I have no markup inside the description
elements nothing is returned. If my description node is:
<description>th is is a <b>test</b></description>

then only "test" is returned. What is the correct way to get the varying
stuff inside the description elements?

thanks in advance

[Richard Tobin]

Re: xpath question

In article <OyjGd.44499$Yh 2.20379750@twis ter.nyc.rr.com> ,
Starton X. Mangrove <desdfsdf_sdf39 3@yahoo.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>When trying to select the description element in xpath...
><xsl:copy-of select="descrip tion/*"/>[/color]

That selects the element children of description. If you want
all the children, use description/node().

-- Richard

[Starton X. Mangrove]

Re: xpath question



[color=blue]
> That selects the element children of description. If you want
> all the children, use description/node().[/color]

Thanks, that was it exactly.