> From: Ugo Cei [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Vadim Gritsenko wrote: > > > Isn't Xindice collection already ordered by time document was inserted? > > It looks like it is, but I don't know if this is guaranteed.
I suspect the order is preserved because of trees. Let Xindice gurus confirm this. > > Than simple query like /db/blog/*[position() > last()-20] should work > > then, or something like /db/blog/*[position() = > > last()]/preceding::*[position() < 20] should even inverse the order... > > It doesn't work. position() is 1 for all the nodes returned. This > sitemap entry retrieves all the items in the collection: > > <map:match pattern=""> > <map:generate > src="xmldb:xindice://dbsun.cbim.it:4080/db/rssblog/#/rss:item[position() =1]"/> > <map:transform src="stylesheets/xmldb2rss.xsl" label="rss"/> > <map:transform src="stylesheets/blog.xsl"/> > <map:serialize/> > </map:match> > > If I change "position()=1" to "position()=2", then no item is found. Oops. :( However, it makes sense - XPath is executed for every document in collection independently. It reminds me about some thread in the xindice-dev about having access to the DB as to the one huge XML file (here: access to the collection as to one XML). Then it will work, but I'm not sure when this will be implemented (if it will be)... Vadim > Ugo > > > -- > Ugo Cei - Consorzio di Bioingegneria e Informatica Medica > P.le Volontari del Sangue, 2 - 27100 Pavia - Italy > Phone: +39.0382.525100 - E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
