[xquery-talk] xpath1 text node contains attribute, equivalent in xpath2

[Liam R E Quin]

On Fri, 2013-12-27 at 09:20 +0000, e-letter wrote:
> Xpath1 specification § 4.2 string functions
> (http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/#section-String-Functions) describes a
> "contains" function, but this was not found in xpath2; 

Better to use the XPath 2 Functions and Operators spec, which does
indeed list fn:contains().

In XQuery you might need to call it fn:contains() rather than
contains(), depending on options.

> Is it possible to remove the xml elements from the output file?

Change return $x to return $x/text() maybe

> An alternative xquery was attempted:
> 
> ...<p>
> 	{
> 		let $x := fn:doc("xmldatabasefile.xml")/bookstore/book/title/text()
> 		return $x
> 	}
> </p>...

> Is it possible to select a specific title text with this xquery syntax?

Yes. E.g. ......bookstore/book/title[fn:contains(., 'Learning XML')]

Liam

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