xdmp:quote() takes whatever serialized input you give it and returns it as a string. So for example, taking some very ill-formed HTML input:
let $html := xdmp:quote( (<p>par 1</p>, <p>par 2</p>) ) return xdmp:tidy($html)[2] the output is <html version="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> <head> <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy for Linux/x86 (vers 1 September 2005), see www.w3.org"/> <title/> </head> <body> <p>par 1</p> <p>par 2</p> </body> </html> Note that this is the second node returned by xdmp:tidy(). The first node contains that error status (basically, what you'd get on stderr running a command-line version of tidy). On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Robert Koberg wrote: > > On Aug 28, 2008, at 9:54 AM, David Sewell wrote: > > > I don't think anyone else has mentioned it, but if you're generating > > a full HTML page via MarkLogic Server, you can use the xdmp:tidy() > > function to clean up your generated XHTML and control doctype: > > > > http://xqzone.com/pubs/3.2/apidocs/Document-Conversion.html#tidy > > > > xmdp:tidy() takes a string argument, however, so you need to wrap your > > HTML inside xdmp:quote(): > > > > xdmp:tidy(xdmp:quote($my_html_node)) > > Do you have to serialize the result to then pass through tidy (to serialize > again), or is it working in the DB's context? > > best, > -Rob > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Eric Palmitesta wrote: > > > > > Aaron and I discussed this briefly at the training seminar, but I'd like > > > to > > > get a sense of what other developers are doing to get around the quirks of > > > generating xhtml with xquery (rather than a java servlet/jsp based website > > > which pulls records from MarkLogic via XDBC/XCC. > > > > > > One such quirk: Childless elements with no internal nodes and an explicit > > > closing tag are automatically folded into elements with no closing tag. > > > <div></div>, which is valid xhtml, will become <div /> after being > > > processed > > > by MarkLogic (breaks visual representation). Some better examples are > > > <script > > > ...></script> and <textarea></textarea>, which are expected to contain no > > > internal nodes in xhtml. > > > > > > I've taken to writing things like > > > > > > <script ... >{" "}</script> > > > > > > or > > > > > > <textarea> </textarea> > > > > > > which successfully preserves the explicit closing tag, keeping xhtml > > > happy. > > > Is there a more elegant way to do this? > > > > > > Are there other banana-peels I should watch out for when generating xhtml > > > with > > > xquery? Is creating an entire website by generating xhtml with xquery > > > generally frowned upon, or accepted? Admittedly, it seems less flexible > > > than > > > a <web language>-based site, however the xdmp namespace seems to provide > > > sufficient functionality, and transforming xml data into xhtml is > > > incredibly > > > easy with xquery. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > > PS > > > My vocabulary might be incorrect regarding words like 'tag' and 'node', > > > please > > > correct me if necessary. > > > > > > PPS > > > I can see the archives at http://xqzone.marklogic.com/pipermail/general/ > > > but > > > are they searchable? I have a feeling newcomers such as myself will be > > > prone > > > to asking questions which have already been discussed at length. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://xqzone.com/mailman/listinfo/general > > > > > > > -- > > David Sewell, Editorial and Technical Manager > > ROTUNDA, The University of Virginia Press > > PO Box 801079, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4318 USA > > Courier: 310 Old Ivy Way, Suite 302, Charlottesville VA 22903 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +1 434 924 9973 > > Web: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/ > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://xqzone.com/mailman/listinfo/general > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://xqzone.com/mailman/listinfo/general -- David Sewell, Editorial and Technical Manager ROTUNDA, The University of Virginia Press PO Box 801079, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4318 USA Courier: 310 Old Ivy Way, Suite 302, Charlottesville VA 22903 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +1 434 924 9973 Web: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/ _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://xqzone.com/mailman/listinfo/general
