Thanks. It was helpful.

Regards,
Sini


On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Fahad Khan <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> To get the first available language "fra" or "eng", I would use:
>
> let $x :=
>
> <languages>
>     <language iso3="ita"/>
>     <language iso3="fra"/>
>     <language iso3="slv"/>
>     <language iso3="deu"/>
>     <language iso3="eng"/>
> </languages>
>
> return ($x/language[@iso3="fra" or @iso3="eng"])[1]
>
> If you really want the position, something like:
>
> ($x/language[@iso3="fra" or
> @iso3="eng"])[1]/fn:count(preceding-sibling::language) + 1
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Fahad.
>
>
> On 05/10/2013 06:52 AM, sini narayanan wrote:
>
>  Hi All,
>
>  I have an xml document with different language nodes.
>
>  for example:
>
>  <languages>
>     <language iso3="ita"/>
>     <language iso3="fra"/>
>     <language iso3="slv"/>
>     <language iso3="deu"/>
>     <language iso3="eng"/>
> </languages>
>
>  I need to fid out, the first available language "fra" or "eng". (If
> "fra" node comes first or "eng" comes first)
>
>  Which is the best way to do this ?
> Is ther a way to get the position of a node in xquery?
>
>  Thanks,
> Sini
>
>
>
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