[xquery-talk] outer for

[Eric Robinson]

I was wondering if someone can help me with a xquery issue I am having.
 
What I am trying to do is create a web page that will allow a user to enter information about what they are looking for in a xml document and return to them the xml document if it matches their criteria. I thought I had it all working till I hit an issue with missing repeatable complex types.
 
Example of xml and xquery that works.
 
<book>
  <title>Data on the web</title>
  <author>Dan Suciu</author>
  <section>
    <title>Introduction</title>
    <figure>
      <title>Traditional</title>
      <image source="csarch.gih"/>
    </figure>
    <figure>
      <title>Examples</title>
      <image source="example.gif"/>
    </figure>
  </section>
  <section>
    <title>Syntax</title>
  </section>
</book>
 
for $book in /book
for $section in $book/section
for $figure in $section/figure
where ($book/author='Dan Suciu' and (($figure/title='Examples' and $section/title='Syntax) or ($figure/title='Examples' and $figure/image/@source='example.gif')))
return $book
 
Since the xml matches the where at 
<figure>
      <title>Examples</title>
      <image source="example.gif"/>
</figure>
it returns me the enitre document like I want.
 
Example that breaks my xquery.
 
<book>
 <title>Data on the web</title>
  <author>Dan Suciu</author>
  <section>
    <title>Introduction</title>
   </section>
  <section>
    <title>Syntax</title>
  </section>
</book>
 
for $book in /book
for $section in $book/section
for $figure in $section/figure
where ($book/author='Dan Suciu' and (($figure/title='Examples' or $section/title='Syntax) or ($figure/title='Examples' and $figure/image/@source='example.gif')))
return $book
 
This will always return nothing because there is no /book/section/figure in the xml.
 
I believe once "outer for" is implemented I will be able to do 
 
for $book in /book
for $section in $book/section
outer for $figure in $section/figure
where ($book/author='Dan Suciu' and (($figure/title='Examples' or $section/title='Syntax) or ($figure/title='Examples' and $figure/image/@source='example.gif')))
return $book
 
 
Anyone have any ideas how I could get this to work?
 
 
 
 


      
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