Christian, Thnx for the reply. I also thought of this approach. Probably the best way to go. Rob
> Op 27-05-2024 12:41 CEST schreef Christian Grün <christian.gr...@gmail.com>: > > > Hi Rob, > > I think there are various way to achieve that. One way is to store both the > full document in the session as well as the path to the requested node: > > let $xml := <data><bla><blu/></bla></data> > let $result := $xml//blu > let $path := path($result) > return ( > session:set('xml', $xml), > session:set('xml', $path) > ) > > You can run a dynamic query on the XML snippet to get back your original > result: > > let $xml := session:get('xml') > let $path := session:get('path') > let $result := xquery:eval($path, { '': $xml }) > return $result > > Best, > Christian > > > > On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 8:45 AM Rob Stapper <r.stap...@lijbrandt.nl > mailto:r.stap...@lijbrandt.nl> wrote: > > > Hi Christian, > > > > I'm looking for a way to store a xml-subelement during a session as a > > subelement and not as a rootelement. The store- and the > > session:set-function save xml-elements as a root-elements, loosing the > > origional root. > > > > My casus is that I have this batch-webservice that I want to turn into a > > online/interactive-webservice. The application makes use of the root- and > > ancestor functions/axis on xml-subelements. In the batch solution I have > > access to the origional xml-subelement. In the online-solution however I > > have not. This because the code is broken up due to a http-request/response > > interaction with the user. I would like the xml-subelement to survive this > > http-excursion in a way that its root-element stays available and the root- > > and ancestor-function gives the same result as in the batch-version. > > > > Do you have any suggestions on this? > > > > > > mvgr. > > > > Rob Stapper > > > > mvgr. Rob Stapper