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using the parent() function in e4x epressions and actionscript to create complex queries.

Let’s say you have the following xml for greeting cards.

<designlist>

<design

 id="123"

title="Happy Hanukkah"

previewImageUrl="assets/demo/images/g0022_4×6h_preview.jpg"

thumbImageUrl=""

   <tags>

  <tag id=‘1231′></tag>

<tag id=‘3242′&gt;Hanukkah&lt;/tag&gt;</code></blockquote>

</tags>

<code> &lt;/design&gt;</code>

<p align="left">&nbsp;</p>

 

<p align="left"><code>&lt;design

</code>

<blockquote><code> id="456"</code>

<code> title="Happy New Year"</code>

<code> previewImageUrl="assets/demo/images/g0412_4×6h_preview.jpg"</code>

<code> thumbImageUrl=""&gt;</code>

<code> &lt;tags&gt;</code>

<blockquote><code> &lt;tag id=’1231′&gt;Holiday&lt;/tag&gt;</code>

<code> &lt;tag id=’2342′&gt;New Year&lt;/tag&gt;</code></blockquote>

<code> &lt;/tags&gt;</code>

<code></code></blockquote>

<p align="left"><code> &lt;/design&gt;</code></p>

<p align="left">&nbsp;</p>

 

<p align="left"><code>&lt;design

</code>

<blockquote><code> id="8284"</code>

<code> title="Merry Xmas"</code>

<code> previewImageUrl="assets/demo/images/g0256_4×6v_preview.jpg"</code>

<code> thumbImageUrl=""&gt;</code>

<code></code></blockquote>

<blockquote><code> &lt;tags&gt;</code>

<blockquote><code> &lt;tag id=’1231′&gt;Holiday&lt;/tag&gt;</code>

<code> &lt;tag id=’3242′&gt;XMas&lt;/tag&gt;</code>

<code> &lt;tag id=’8323′&gt;Christmas&lt;/tag&gt;</code></blockquote>

<code> &lt;/tags&gt;</code>

<code></code></blockquote>

<p align="left"><code> &lt;/design&gt;</code></p>

<p align="left">&nbsp;</p>

 

<p align="left"><code>&lt;design

</code>

<blockquote><code> id="8284"</code>

<code> title="Happy Happy [...]