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From: Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:44:10 +0100

Senthil Nathan wrote:


<xsl:template priority="2.0" match="//*[@Apply='1']"> ....

<xsl:template match="//*[@Apply]">
....
Senthil, just as a general rule, try to never use "//" in a match. It hardly ever adds anything and it is very inefficient for the processor. "//" only means something when selecting nodes (i.e, from xsl:apply-templates), but even then it's over-used and is best be avoided most of the time.

Cheers,
-- Abel Braaksma


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