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POWhy does this XML query not work?
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    copied!<p>Heres some code for a test case. I don't understand why the first two queries produce a result but the third one doesn't. Any ideas?</p> <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt; &lt;mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" creationComplete="onInit();" &gt; &lt;mx:Script&gt; &lt;![CDATA[ private function onInit():void{ var someXML:XML = &lt;libs&gt; &lt;library libLevel="System"&gt; &lt;type typeName="Established Problem" typeID="2"&gt; &lt;template templateName="asthma" templateAbbr="asthma-fu" templateInsertDate="05/03/2004" templateID="14"/&gt; &lt;template templateName="gastroesophageal reflux" templateAbbr="GERD" templateInsertDate="05/03/2004" templateID="15"/&gt; &lt;/type&gt; &lt;/library&gt; &lt;/libs&gt;; trace("library"); trace(someXML.library.(@libLevel == "System"));//works as expected trace("type"); trace(someXML.library.type.(@typeID == "2"));//works as expected trace("template"); trace(someXML.library.type.template.(@templateID == "14"));//returns nothing } ]]&gt; &lt;/mx:Script&gt; &lt;/mx:Application&gt; </code></pre> <p>What does work is if I add a dummy node below the one that doesn't query right.</p> <pre><code>var someXML:XML = &lt;libs&gt; &lt;library libLevel="System"&gt; &lt;type typeName="Established Problem" typeID="2"&gt; &lt;template templateName="asthma" templateAbbr="asthma-fu" templateInsertDate="05/03/2004" templateID="14"&gt; &lt;blah/&gt; &lt;/template&gt; &lt;template templateName="gastroesophageal reflux" templateAbbr="GERD" templateInsertDate="05/03/2004" templateID="15"&gt; &lt;blah/&gt; &lt;/template&gt; &lt;/type&gt; &lt;/library&gt; &lt;/libs&gt;; </code></pre> <p>Why does it only work if there is a node below it?</p>
 

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