Input Functions in XQuery
XQuery uses input functions to identify the data to be queried. There are two input functions:
- doc() returns an entire document, identifying the document by a Universal Resource Identifier (URI). To be more precise, it returns the document node.
- collection() returns a collection, which is any sequence of nodes that is associated with a URI. This is often used to identify a database to be used in a query.
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TABLE 1.1 Entity References |
Character Represented |
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Predefined in XQuery Entity Reference |
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< |
< |
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> |
> |
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& |
& |
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" |
" |
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' |
&apos |
If our sample data is in a file named books.xml, then the following query returns the entire document:
doc("books.xml")
A dynamic error is raised if the doc() function is not able to locate the specified document or the collection() function is not able to locate the specified collection.
