[xquery-talk] where clause

[G. Ken Holman]

At 2013-03-27 13:26 +0000, deBakker, Bas wrote:
>Wouldn't that be equivalent to
>
>     for $a in expr1, $b in expr2, $c in expr3[$a = $b + .]
>     return $a

Thank you, Bas, yes I grant that your expression is equivalent to mine.

I failed to acknowledge that tuples are only created when there is a 
binding value for every member of the tuple.

I appreciate the clarification.

. . . . . . . . Ken

>Bas
>
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>
>At 2013-03-27 08:31 -0400, Michael Sokolov wrote:
> >I'm trying to come up with examples in which "where" clauses cannot be
> >rewritten as XPath predicates.  So far, the ones I have all involve an
> >"at" counter.  Are there others?
>
>I can see no difference off hand when creating 1-tuples, as a 
>1-tuple is essentially just a sequence.
>
>However, when creating n-tuples (either with the "at" keyword as you 
>say or with other bound variables in your expression), the where 
>clause acts on the tuple, not just on a set of values.  Here is a 
>3-tuple expression example:
>
>     for $a in expr1, $b in expr2, $c in expr3
>     where $a=$b+$c
>     return $a
>
>I hope this is helpful.
>
>. . . . . . . . Ken



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