XPath: using the root element

Author: Dave Cassel  |  Category: Software Development

In XQuery, I commonly find myself writing XPath statements to navigate into some block of XML to find some tasty nugget that’s in there somewhere. When doing so, I’ve found one particular aspect that frequently throws me off, getting me empty results instead of the information I wanted. Having finally figured it out, and after […]

Losing my senses

Author: Dave Cassel  |  Category: Uncategorized

Today for a while I was without Internet access and I had this sensation I’ve noticed before, and mentioned to a few people: I’ve gotten to the point where being cut off from the Internet is like losing one of my senses. Not always… if I’m on a mountain trail somewhere, I’m not worried about […]