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POSitecore XPath syntax for the ancestor just below root?
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<blockquote> Possible Duplicate: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4341216/how-to-find-ancestor-or-self-that-is-a-child-of-an-element-with-particular-attri">How to find ancestor-or-self that is a child of an element with particular attribute?</a> </blockquote> How do you select the ancestor just one level below Home? Say the current node is Home/News/moreType/2010/09/NewsItem1, and I want to get News. ( Under Home there can be landing section page like News or other type of nodes like common Folder) So far I've tried - ran the queries in XPath Builder, with context node set to NewsItem1 : <ul> <li><code>ancestor::*[position() = last() - 1]</code> syntax error, although <code>ancestor::*[last()]</code> does seem to return Home</li> <li><code>ancestor::*[@@parentid='{home guid}']</code> having issue with @@parentid see my <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12719704/does-parentid-attribute-work-in-sitecore-query">other question and comment</a></li> <li><code>(ancestor::*[position() < last()])[last()]</code> syntax error</li> </ul> The problem I'm trying to solve is: locate the landing section parent of any "page" under Home, for highlighting navigation menu purpose. I've referenced <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/Reference/Using%20Sitecore%20Query/Sitecore%20Query%20Syntax.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Sitecore Query Syntax</a>(and learned some interesting query details, like <code>/ancestor-or-self::*[@#More Criteria Field#!='']/.[1]</code> actually works), but I'm stuck here. Thanks for your time and inputs.
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Sitecore XPath syntax for the ancestor just below root?
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