Web driver not supporting xpath element ids

I converted an ide script to java/web driver. But in web driver code get element by x path not supported. Please reply asap.

Hi arifm

Could you write the script that you did in selenium IDE. I will change the code to that support to Web driver and Xpath...

Sreekumar,

these are commands I used in IDE and Web driver.
In IDE it is working , but in web driver it is not working.

click //span[@id='slmTemplate']/div/div/table/tbody/tr/td- Command in IDE (x path- ID Relative)

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[@id='slmTemplate']/div/div/table/tbody/tr/td")).click(); Command in webdriver.

try this:
driver.findElement(By.id("//*[@id='slmTemplate']").click();

As the span has id, it is the best to use id instead of xpath.

pcoulson wrote:try this:
driver.findElement(By.id("//*[@id='slmTemplate']").click();

As the span has id, it is the best to use id instead of xpath.

I used this,It is not working. It is a javascript Application menu.Please suggest any other method

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[@id='slmTemplate']")).click();

I think so the above cmd should work