XQuery

XQuery

(pwalmsley@datypic.com)

ISBN: 0596006349

1st edition, , O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Chapter 12: Queries, prologs and modules

Example 12-1. A query prolog
xquery version "1.0";
declare default element namespace "http://datypic.com/cat";
declare boundary-space preserve;
declare default collation "http://datypic.com/collation/custom";
declare namespace ord = "http://datypic.com/ord";
import schema namespace prod="http://datypic.com/prod"
                        at "http://datypic.com/prod.xsd";
declare function local:getProdNums
  ($catalog as element()) as xs:integer*
  {for $prod in $catalog/product
   return xs:integer($prod/number)};
Example 12-2. A query body
<title>Order Report</title>,
(for $item in doc("order.xml")//item
 order by $item/@num
 return $item)
Example 12-3. Module
module namespace strings = "http://datypic.com/strings";
declare variable $strings:maxStringLength := 32;
declare function strings:trim($arg as xs:string?) as xs:string? {
  "function body here"
};
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