Question

Short question:
I would like to select all nodes that do not match an attribute (@type !=’x’) but also attribute doesn’t exist (??).
Currently, I’m getting nothing back, because the other nodes have no attribute at all.

Background:
I have some XML. Note that one has type=”feature” but all others have no ‘type’ attr.

<image type="feature"><description>X</description><url>media/designer_glass_tile_04.jpg</url><height></height><width/></image>
<image><description>Designer Glass 05</description><url>media/designer_glass_tile_05.jpg</url><height></height><width/></image>
<image><description>Designer Glass 06</description><url>media/designer_glass_tile_06.jpg</url><height></height><width/></image>
<image><description>Designer Glass 07</description><url>media/designer_glass_tile_07.jpg</url><height></height><width/></image>
<image><description>Designer Glass 08</description><url>media/designer_glass_tile_08.jpg</url><height></height><width/></image>

And a XSL style:

        <div id="gallery">
            <div id="feature" >
                <xsl:apply-templates select="image[@type='feature']"/>
            </div>
            <div id="thumbs">
                <xsl:apply-templates select="image[@type!='feature']"/>
            </div>
        </div>

Answer 1

The following code will select all nodes where type attribute doesn’t exist:

select="image[not(@type)]"

Add this logic in your code.