That certainly made it easy - thanks so much! I knew it was "odd" (it would be, since it also wasn't really an issue from what you just demonstrated)
I learn so much from this list - I often read this when I have time just to lurk into other issues people ask about - there's such the gamut of great info from basic to advanced. Thanks again. -----Original Message----- From: general-boun...@developer.marklogic.com [mailto:general-boun...@developer.marklogic.com] On Behalf Of David Sewell Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 7:56 AM To: MarkLogic Developer Discussion <general@developer.marklogic.com> Subject: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] declare XML namespace Kari, There are two different issues with your code that are causing problems. First off, any time in XQuery that you return two or more XML nodes as part of a sequence within parentheses (as opposed to part of a full XML tree structure), they need to be comma separated just like any other items in a sequence. So just as you need to say return ( "a", "b") you need to say return ( <?instruction here?>, <element>my element</element> ) with a comma. BUT: "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>" is not a processing instruction, it is an XML declaration, and you can't include it as part of a simple sequence. This will throw an error: ( <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>, <doc><p>text</p></doc> ) In order to output the XML declaration, wrap your XML inside the XQuery document constructor, like so: if ($returnRSS) then document { <rss> ... </rss> } and the output will include "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>". If you need to change the default serialization options (for example, to change character encoding, or to indent output), see http://docs.marklogic.com/guide/xquery/langoverview#id_71572 David S. On Thu, 28 Jan 2016, Kari Cowan wrote: > I may be going about this wrong, but I was trying to insert the xml marker > above an RSS feed return: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > Returns error> [1.0-ml] XDMP-UNEXPECTED: (err:XPST0003) Unexpected > token syntax error, unexpected Version_, expecting Comma_ or Rpar_ or > SemiColon_ > > Seems like a common thing that would be desired, but my websearch didn't find > the answer. Any tips here? > > > > if ($returnRSS) then ( > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" > xmlns:sailthru="http://www.sailthru.com/rss-extension";> > <channel> > <title>{$this_partner} Events RSS</title> > <description>See Upcoming Events presented by {$this_partner} </description> > <link>http://www/need/to/map/a/path/to/event/hubpage</link> > {$outputRSS} > </channel> > > </rss> > ) > > > > > -- David Sewell, Editorial and Technical Manager ROTUNDA, The University of Virginia Press PO Box 400318, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4314 USA Email: dsew...@virginia.edu Tel: +1 434 924 9973 Web: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/ _______________________________________________ General mailing list General@developer.marklogic.com Manage your subscription at: http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general
