Re: Problem with intersect

Hi,

> /PLAY/PERSONAE/TITLE[contains(.,'Dramatis')] or
> /PLAY/ACT/TITLE[contains(.,'Act I')]  and it returns 185 hits. And if I
> try /PLAY/PERSONAE/TITLE[contains(.,'Dramatis')] intersect
> /PLAY/ACT/TITLE[contains(.,'Act I')] I get 0 hits. But when I view
> individual files in /db/Shakespeare/play, I did find atleast 2 files
> that satisfied this condition. Can someone explain why intersect does
> not work in this kind of queries? Is there anything wrong in the syntax
> that I have used to query?

/PLAY/PERSONAE/TITLE selects the title elements below 
PERSONAE, /PLAY/ACT/TITLE those below ACT. These are different node sets and 
the intersection of both node sets is indeed empty. For the query to work, 
you have to do the intersection on a common node, e.g.:

/PLAY[PERSONAE/TITLE[contains(., 'Dramatis')]] 
intersect
/PLAY[ACT/TITLE[contains., 'Act I')]]

Wolfgang


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