Re: [basex-talk] simplest possible FLOWR specifying a database

2019-10-12 Thread Bridger Dyson-Smith
Hi thufir, The specification might be helpful here [1,2], but essentially it is the thing being processed, given as a sort of global scope. HTH! Best, Bridger [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-31/#id-context-item-expression [2] https://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-31/#dt-context-item On Sat, Oct 12,

Re: [basex-talk] simplest possible FLOWR specifying a database

2019-10-12 Thread thufir
that's interesting. what's item in this example, and how can it be referenced? thanks, Thufir On 2019-10-12 2:29 a.m., Christian Grün wrote: 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:

Re: [basex-talk] simplest possible FLOWR specifying a database

2019-10-12 Thread Christian Grün
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 wrote: > > nevermind, it's: > > let $db :=

Re: [basex-talk] simplest possible FLOWR specifying a database

2019-10-12 Thread Martin Honnen
Am 12.10.2019 um 10:11 schrieb thufir: nevermind, it's: let $db := db:open("com.w3schools.books") return $db/bookstore I thought it was unusual because of db:open. You would not even need the "let .. return", if you simply want a short expression you can also use  

Re: [basex-talk] simplest possible FLOWR specifying a database

2019-10-12 Thread thufir
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 {

[basex-talk] simplest possible FLOWR specifying a database

2019-10-12 Thread thufir
these FLWOR .xq files work as is: let $db := db:open("com.w3schools.books") for $x in $db/bookstore return $x or { let $db := db:open("com.w3schools.books") for $x in $db/bookstore/book return {$x/title,$x/author} } Probably a silly question, but, rather than, as in the first query, using