DataViewWebParts_Count

Subject is SharePoint 2010

I have created multiple views using XSLT and Date View Web Parts (DWVP).  Both views have strengths and weaknesses.    One of the concepts I have been trying to learn for years is XPath and XSL tags.  One of the best references for this is Marc D. Andersons, " Unlocking the Mysteries of the SharePoint Data View Web Part XSL tags".  This book ( series of articles ) was written for SharePoint 2007 DVWPs but still is very revelant when using DVWPs in SharePopint 2010.

This is the Problem.  I had one view created as a DVWP and the Project leader wanted a simple count of the items on the view.  This is somethig very easy to do wiith the XSLT List view but not as easy in a DVWP.  This is how I did it.

I opened the View in SP Designer.  I selected the DVWP and made sure that the entire table was highlighted.  Under Data View tools select the design tab.  In the Show/Hide area I clicked on header, Column Summary Row, Footer.  This placed my count I wanted but some stuff I did not want under my number columns, each one of them recieved a sum:NAN that I did not want.  So I just selected the row and deleted them.  It left the count at the bottom of the list and all was well.

So my question is as follows:  Could have done that using an XPath expression?

count (coulmn name)

Thanks

Chris Niels Sieler