[xquery-talk] Lookup tables or equivalent

[David Carlisle]

> This is why I wouldn't put key values as element names.  It also limits you 
> to valid element names.
> I would use attributes or values as key values.

so would I probably, but it wouldn't look as interesting in a mailing
list reply.


> When I start getting complicated maps I generate a xml structure like this
> <map>
>    <entry key="key">Value</entry>
> ...
> </map>

yes definitely: that was probably the main point of my reply (but perhaps
obsured by the coding style I chose:-) that in xquery you can use xml
structure to  make more interesting mapping structures, you are not
restricted to integer indexed indexing into lists of strings.

David