Getting attribute value according to another attribute

Question

I have this xml:

<Forms>
<Form ID="5472" TemplateID="588" DocType="1" FileName="635073174134006854.pdf" HiulActType="1"/>
<Form ID="5472" TemplateID="2619" DocType="1" FileName="635073174134006854.pdf" HiulActType="1"/>
HiulDocCode="414" TimeStamp="2013-06-20-09_29_13_317421">
</Forms>

I want to get the attribute HiulActType of the form which has attribte TemplateID = 2619.

I tried:

`//Form[@TemplateID='2619']/@HiulActType/text()

Wont work.`

There is only the text() function superfluous. Therefor //Form[@TemplateID='2619']/@HiulActType should do (if there is not typo). If not, there is probably a namespace issue with your xml which you are hiding. — hr_117
– hr_117, Commented Jun 26, 2013 at 7:03

Jens Erat · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-27 08:37:18Z

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Attribute nodes do not have text node children. Just drop the /text() from your path expression.

I'm seeing more and more people sprinkle /text() into their XPath expressions as a kind of magic fairy dust. It's almost always superfluous and often plain wrong. If you really want to force conversion of the result to a string rather than relying on automatic conversion, don't use /text(), use the string() function.

edited Jun 27, 2013 at 8:37

Jens Erat

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answered Jun 26, 2013 at 8:26

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