[xquery-talk] changing structure based on input value

[Mark R Maxey]

You can do something like this:


for $indoc in doc("inputDocument.xml")
return
   if (data($indoc/abc) = 4) then
      <myoutput>
          <value>{ $indoc/xyz/text() }</value>
      </myoutput>
   else if (data($indoc/abc) = 5)
      <somethingelse>
          <value>{ $indoc/xyz/text() }</value>
      </somethingelse>


Dmitri.Colebatch at toyota.com.au wrote:

>hey all,
>
>firstly, I'm new to this list, so if this has been discussed already could
>someone please point me at the appropriate archive (I did have a short look
>at them with no joy)..
>
>I want to select one document or another based on the content of my input
>document... I think this is better explained by example:
>
>given
>
>      <foobar>
>            <abc>4</abc>
>            <xyz>blah</xyz>
>      </foobar>
>
>I want to create
>
>      <myoutput>
>            <value>blah</value>
>      <myoutput>
>
>but based on
>
>      <foobar>
>            <abc>5</abc>
>            <xyz>blah</xyz>
>      </foobar>
>
>I want to create
>
>      <somethingelse>
>            <value>blah</value>
>      </somethingelse>
>
>Does this make sense?  I'm not sure if its possible or not.  Any pointers
>would be appreciated.  The closest thing I can think of is to use xpath to
>check the value, but I'm not sure how to completely change the structure
>based on that...
>
>cheers
>dim
>
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