[xquery-talk] XQuery quirk of the day

[Jakub Malý]

Yes, comparison of empty sequences and flattening nested sequences are
things I don't like about XPath.
Jakub.

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> From: Josh Spiegel [mailto:josh.spiegel at oracle.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 3:45 PM
> To: David Lee
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> If you are looking for concise...
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>  if ("") then "yep" else "nope"   ==>   nope
>  if (()) then "yep" else "nope"   ==>   nope
>  if ("foo") then "yep" else "nope"  ==> yep
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> Thanks, I just stumbled on this while playing with the not() suggestion.
> I was thinking "if fn:not() works why not no not just if ... "  ahh
english vs
> code :
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> Voila ! thanks all .  My code is now much cleaner (but perhaps less
readable)
> ... oh well ;)
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