[xquery-talk] Optimal expression for gathering related elements

[Michael Kay]

> Performance wise I tested my code (XQuery 1) vs XSLT 2 code doing the 
> same thing (using for-each-group) using Saxon 9.3 HE
>
> This was using a 200MB XML file with about 17,000 ungrouped elements 
> and 4,000 grouped elements.
>
> XSLT2 took about 6 seconds
>
> XQuery took about 4 minutes.
>
>

Saxon-EE's join optimizer should handle this query quite well, and 
produce the result in a time that isn't too far off the XSLT figure. 
This is the kind of query where a more powerful optimizer can make a big 
difference, especially with large input files.

End of sales pitch.

Michael Kay
Saxonica
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