Maybe we still need to find better terms than »database node« and »fragments« to describe the data structures that we use for XML structures (as described in [1]), as the current situation is even more complex:
1. we have fragments (e.g. as the result of <x/>) 2. we have volatile main-memory database nodes 3. we have persistent database nodes …and db:node-id can only be used for persistent database nodes. > In my case, I’m using transform with to augment content pulled > from the database before doing processing that will vary > depending on whether I have a database node (i.e., getting > its node ID or database path) or I don’t. Feel free to provide us with a little use case. [1] https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Database_Module#Database_Nodes
