Can you elaborate on 'static'? This seems to work just fine: for $x in (1,3,2,5) order by if( fn:true() ) then $x else () ascending return $x
Kind regards, Geert > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [email protected] [mailto:general- > [email protected]] Namens Michael Blakeley > Verzonden: woensdag 27 maart 2013 21:17 > Aan: MarkLogic Developer Discussion > Onderwerp: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] How to program the order by > clause in FLWOR? > > The order by clause has to be static. You can play some games with simple > cases, but for complex cases you pretty much have to build a string and call > xdmp:value on it. The search:search function and its resolve cousins do this > for you, or you can build it yourself. > > -- Mike > > On 27 Mar 2013, at 12:19 , "Tim" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > > > > Is there a simple way to program the order by clause in FLWOR to make it > optional based on parameters? I have a web page that I want to sort as > indicated by the user. > > > > For example, this code illustrates what I'd like to do but doesn't work: > > > > let $sort-option := "a descending" > > return > > for $row in $rows > > let $a := $row/a/text() > > let $b := $row/b/text() > > order by {if ($sort-option eq "a ascending") then $a ascending else > $default} > > return <tr><td>{$a}</td><td>{$b}</td></tr> > > > > Thanks! > > > > Tim Meagher > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general
