[xquery-talk] Query with subelements nested inside words

[Michael Kay]

The string-value of an element is the concatenation of its descendant text
nodes, so you just need

string(elemt)

However, I think your example should work too. What processor are you using?

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

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> Sent: 01 June 2005 09:39
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> Subject: [xquery-talk] Query with subelements nested inside words
> 
> Greetings all,
> 
> I have a problem with an XQuery I'm trying to get working.
> 
> Here is a sample of the kind of XML I'm working with:
> 
> <root>
>   <elemt>Something is ro<lig>tt</lig>en in the state of
> <emph>Den</emph>mark</elemt>
> </root>
> 
> I would like to be able to extract the contents of <elemt> as a string
> without the subelements and with the integrity of the words
> unaffected...for example:
> 
> <result>
>   Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
> </result>
> 
> I have tried various approaches with XQuery along the lines of...
> 
> for $TheResult in (/root/elemt) return normalize-space($TheResult)
> 
> ...but the best I've been able to do is this:
> 
> <result>
>   Something is ro tt en in the state of Den mark
> </result>
> 
> As you can see, spaces are being inserted in undesirable locations.
> 
> Any ideas as to how I can make this work in XQuery?
> 
> thanks!
> e.
> 
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