Also, "!" is not a valid operator in Xquery. In fact, there is no logical NOT operator in Xquery (http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xquery-20010607/#section-Logical-operators). Use the function fn:not() instead.
Doug Glidden Software Engineer The Boeing Company [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Hunter Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:09 To: General Mark Logic Developer Discussion Subject: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] question regarding a code snippet.. You just need to add a "return" before the "if", to make it into a legal FLWOR statement. -jh- On Nov 11, 2009, at 12:18 PM, Srinivas Mandadapu wrote: > Thanks for the reply. It worked like a charm. On the same note I have > another question in Xquery in below snippet: > > xquery version "1.0-ml"; > import module namespace thsr="http://marklogic.com/xdmp/thesaurus"; > at "/MarkLogic/thesaurus.xqy"; > > extractSynonyms("drugs") > > declare function extractSynonyms($synTerm) { > let $thsrEntry := thsr:lookup("/EBISynonyms/Synonyms.xml", > $synTerm) > > if(!fn:empty($thsrEntry)) > then $synTerm > else "" > }; > > Why is the code erroring out at conditional if statement!!? It seems > like a simple conditional statement to check whether any synonym > entries exist for the given term. > > I appreciate your help. > > Thanks, > Srini > > > > Rix, Brad wrote: >> A couple of things here, >> >> You need to query for you elements in the thesaurus namespace. >> >> declare namespace thesaurus = "http://marklogic.com/xdmp/thesaurus";; >> >> You also are already at the "entry" element when you defined the >> variable $synEntry. Note, the query is now fn:count($synEntry/ >> thesaurus:synonym) (skip the entry and add the namespace). >> >> Try the following: >> >> xquery version "1.0-ml"; >> >> declare namespace thesaurus = "http://marklogic.com/xdmp/thesaurus";; >> >> let $synEntry := <entry xmlns="http://marklogic.com/xdmp/thesaurus";> >> <term>zinc</term> >> <part-of-speech>noun</part-of-speech> >> <qualifiers> >> <qualifier>vicinity</qualifier> >> </qualifiers> >> <synonym> >> <term>zinc chelate</term> >> </synonym> >> <synonym> >> <term>zinc content</term> >> </synonym> >> <synonym> >> <term>zinc dust</term> >> </synonym> >> <synonym> >> <term>zinc isotopes</term> >> </synonym> >> <synonym> >> <term>zinc radioisotopes</term> >> </synonym> >> <synonym> >> <term>zinc retention</term> >> </synonym> >> <synonym> >> <term>zincum</term> >> </synonym> >> <synonym> >> <term>zn</term> >> </synonym> >> </entry> >> >> let $synonymsCount := fn:count($synEntry/thesaurus:synonym) >> >> return $synonymsCount >> >> >> >> >> <ATT00001.gif> >> >> Brad Rix >> >> Senior Developer >> >> +1 (303) 542-2172 | Office >> +1 (303) 915-2771 | Mobile >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://www.flatironssolutions.com >> IM: AIM: BradRix MSN: [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:general- >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Srinivas Mandadapu >> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:29 AM >> To: General Mark Logic Developer Discussion >> Subject: [MarkLogic Dev General] question regarding a code snippet.. >> >> xquery version "1.0-ml"; >> >> let $synEntry := <entry xmlns="http://marklogic.com/xdmp/thesaurus";> >> <term>zinc</term> >> <part-of-speech>noun</part-of-speech> >> <qualifiers> >> <qualifier>vicinity</qualifier> >> </qualifiers> >> <synonym> >> <term>zinc chelate</term> >> </synonym> >> <synonym> >> <term>zinc content</term> >> </synonym> >> <synonym> >> <term>zinc dust</term> >> </synonym> >> <synonym> >> <term>zinc isotopes</term> >> </synonym> >> <synonym> >> <term>zinc radioisotopes</term> >> </synonym> >> <synonym> >> <term>zinc retention</term> >> </synonym> >> <synonym> >> <term>zincum</term> >> </synonym> >> <synonym> >> <term>zn</term> >> </synonym> >> </entry> >> >> let $synonymsCount := fn:count($synEntry/entry/synonym) >> >> return $synonymsCount >> >> >> The synonym count is coming out as "0" instead of "8"...still >> couldn't figure out where I am going wrong. >> >> I really appreciate if someone can help me on this. >> >> Thanks, >> Srini >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> http://xqzone.com/mailman/listinfo/general >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://xqzone.com/mailman/listinfo/general _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://xqzone.com/mailman/listinfo/general _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://xqzone.com/mailman/listinfo/general
