On top of the query (in the query prolog), you can bind your database
to the context. After that, there’ll be no need to bind it to a
variable:
declare context item := db:open("com.w3schools.books");
/bookstore
On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 10:11 AM thufir <hawat.thu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> nevermind, it's:
>
> let $db := db:open("com.w3schools.books")
> return $db/bookstore
>
> I thought it was unusual because of db:open.
>
>
> -Thufir
>
> On 2019-10-12 12:50 a.m., thufir wrote:
> > these FLWOR .xq files work as is:
> >
> > let $db := db:open("com.w3schools.books")
> > for $x in $db/bookstore
> > return $x
> >
> >
> > or
> >
> > <new_catalog>{
> > let $db := db:open("com.w3schools.books")
> > for $x in $db/bookstore/book
> > return <new_book>{$x/title,$x/author}</new_book>
> > }</new_catalog>
> >
> >
> > Probably a silly question, but, rather than, as in the first query,
> > using $x can I not somehow specify just "/"?
> >
> >
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Thufir
