Re: [xml] XPath query failing on modified xmlDoc

[Cory Virok <cory dolphtech com>]

Cory Virok wrote:

> Ok, I'm new to libxml2 in general so there's probably a very simple 
> solution to this problem, (haven't been able to find it in the 
> archives though.)
>
> I have an xml document that I load up and modify. In this particular 
> instance, I load the document and then add in a new child element. I 
> have verified that the child is in the doc by doing a quick 
> xmlDocDump(). After I add children I want to be able to remove them. 
> The problem I'm seeing is that when I do an XPath query for the 
> children that existed prior to loading the document everything's fine, 
> but when I query for the children that I just added I get back an 
> empty node set.
>
> I remake the XPath context using the same doc pointer each time I 
> query so I know that the xpath context is using the right doc... It 
> seems like the DOM tree hasn't been updated and thus the xpath query 
> cannot find the child nodes, but I've verified that the tree is 
> up-to-date...
>
> The only thing I can think of is the format of my xpath expression, 
> which does not use explicit '[1]' or 'descendant::' etc...
>
> /config/user-list/user[ nickname="NICKNAME"]
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> - Cory Virok
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So either no one understands my question or it's just been ignored. 
Either way I'd like to try posting it again.
Anyone?

- Cory Virok