[xquery-talk] How to run xquery dynamically on file listing from
directory
seleneplatt at comcast.net
seleneplatt at comcast.net
Thu Apr 10 20:21:08 PDT 2008
I'm using XMLSpy to write and test my xquery and have specified: xquery version "1.0";
at the top of the query (although I think I can use 2.0 if necessary). I'm running on Windows 5.1.
Selene
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie at redhat.com>
> What XQuery implementation are you using, in what environment?
>
> Jonathan
>
> seleneplatt at comcast.net wrote:
> > I'm a complete newbie at xquery and am trying to execute a query dynamically
> on
> > all files in a given directory, rather than hardcoding a particular file into
> > the 'doc()' call. I've tried using 'collection()' but am unclear as to how to
> > get it to work.
> >
> > I did see this thread on x-query.com:
> > [xquery-talk] Query Through Multiple Files
> > but the closest anyone came to the answer I was hoping to find was to hardcode
> a
> > *list* of files to traverse.
> >
> > Is there anyway to do something like:
> > for $x in collection("xmlfiles")
> > where 'xmlfiles' is a subdirectory containing the actual xml files I want to
> > use? I would need to know the exact syntax, as this is all new to me.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
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