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The XQUERY_FILE() function is used to parse XML files using XQuery notation. | The XQUERY_FILE() function is used to parse XML files using XQuery notation. | ||
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The XQUERY_OPEN() function is used to open an XML file for parsing using XQuery notation. After opening using XQUERY_OPEN(), the XQUERY_NODE() function can be used to search for a specified XML node and XQUERY_COUNT() to return a count of a specified XML node. The XQUERY_SELECT() function provides the ability to query nodes by attribute and value. The XQUERY_CLOSE() function is used to close the XML file. | The XQUERY_OPEN() function is used to open an XML file for parsing using XQuery notation. After opening using XQUERY_OPEN(), the XQUERY_NODE() function can be used to search for a specified XML node and XQUERY_COUNT() to return a count of a specified XML node. The XQUERY_SELECT() function provides the ability to query nodes by attribute and value. The XQUERY_CLOSE() function is used to close the XML file. |
Revision as of 11:31, 26 February 2016
Contents
Purpose
Used to parse XML strings using XQuery notation
Syntax
XQUERY(<expC1>, <expC2>)
See Also
MQCLOSE(), MQCREATE(), MQCURMSGS(), MQOPEN(), MQSEND(), MQRECEIVE(), MQUNLINK(), XML_DECODE(), XML_ENCODE(), XML_GATHER(), XML_SCATTER(), XQUERY_CLOSE(), XQUERY_COUNT(), XQUERY_DECODE(), XQUERY_FILE(), XQUERY_NODE(), XQUERY_OPEN(), XQUERY_SELECT()
Description
The XQUERY() function is used to parse XML strings using XQuery notation. The XQUERY() function returns a character string. The character expression <expC1> is the XML string; <expC2> is the XML node name.
Other XQuery functions are available:
The XQUERY_FILE() function is used to parse XML files using XQuery notation.
The XQUERY_DECODE() function is used to return an object from an XML string.
The XQUERY_OPEN() function is used to open an XML file for parsing using XQuery notation. After opening using XQUERY_OPEN(), the XQUERY_NODE() function can be used to search for a specified XML node and XQUERY_COUNT() to return a count of a specified XML node. The XQUERY_SELECT() function provides the ability to query nodes by attribute and value. The XQUERY_CLOSE() function is used to close the XML file.
Example
mybooks.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <bookstore> <book category="COOKING"> <title lang="en">Pulse</title> <author>Jenny Chandler</author> <year>2013</year> <format>Hardback</format> </book> <book category="COOKING"> <title lang="en">Riverford Farm Cook Book</title> <author>Guy Watson</author> <author>Jane Baxter</author> <year>2008</year> <format>Paperback</format> </book> <book category="CHILDREN"> <title lang="en">The House At Pooh Corner</title> <author>A. A. Milne</author> <year>1928</year> <format>Hardback</format> </book> <book category="CRIME"> <title lang="en">Knots and Crosses</title> <author>Ian Rankin</author> <year>2008</year> <format>EPUB</format> </book> <book category="PHILOSOPHY"> <title lang="fr">Le mythe de Sisyphe</title> <author>Albert Camus</author> <year>1943</year> <format>Paperback</format> </book> </bookstore>
// Examples using mybooks.xml cMybooks = filetostr("mybooks.xml") cBook = xquery(cMybooks,"/bookstore/book[2]") ? cBook <title lang="en">Riverford Farm Cook Book</title> <author>Guy Watson</author> <author>Jane Baxter</author> <year>2008</year> <format>Paperback</format> cMybooks = filetostr("mybooks.xml") cTitle = xquery(cMybooks,"/bookstore/book[2]/title") ? cTitle Riverford Farm Cook Book