Thanks Sjoerd, Jens, that answers it. Any suggestion how to achieve what I am really after?
I have an XML file with email addresses and names, and want to output a text string with "Name" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Name" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Name" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Now I use a web browser to convert <> into <>, but that cannot be the intention of using XQuery for your data management, could it?! I found that http://www.gnu.org/software/qexo/Extensions.html introduces a special function - but is not standard. Would the answer lie in a different output mode? The serialization page (http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-xslt-xquery-serialization-20030502/#N40063A) states: The text output method outputs the data model by outputting the string-value of every text node in the data model in document order without any escaping. Any chance that MonetDB/XQ will support such a text output mode? Cheers, Arjen On 12/07/07, Sjoerd Mullender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 07/12/2007 08:46 PM, Arjen P. de Vries wrote: > > I have two followup questions then: > > > > 1. > > should > > <a><![CDATA[<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]]></a> > > not leave the CDATA intact and not replace the < to < ? > > > > Disclaimer: I am not very sure what should be correct. > > http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-xslt-xquery-serialization-20030502/ > > states > > Note: > > This is phrased to permit an implementor to provide an option that > > attempts to preserve > > CDATA sections present in the source document. > > CDATA is CDATA, no matter the representation. In both cases the content > of the <a> element is CDATA, it's just encoded differently. I doubt > that there is a way for MonetDB/XQuery to find out which encoding was used. > > > 2. > > Should > > xquery><![CDATA[<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]]></a> > > more>MAPI = [EMAIL PROTECTED]:50000 > > QUERY = <![CDATA[<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]]></a> > > ERROR = !parse error: syntax error, unexpected <![CDATA[ on line 1, > > column 9 (next token is `<![CDATA[') > > !parse error: XQuery parsing failed > > > > also have been allowed - a bit weird if it is allowed inside another > > element? > > I don't know enough about XQuery, but my guess is: no. > > When you look at the XQuery grammar > (http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery/#nt-bnf) you'll see that (after the > optional prologue stuff) the query consists of a list of comma-separated > ExprSingles, and that an ExprSingle is one of FLWORExpr, QuantifiedExpr, > TypeswitchExpr, IfExpr, OrExpr. The only one (in a quick scan) that > doesn't have to start with a keyword is OrExpr in the guise of a > PathExpr. And the only CDataSection (<![CDATA[...]]>) is inside a > <tag>...</tag> construct. > > > Cheers. > > > > Arjen > > > > On 12/07/07, Sjoerd Mullender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Arjen P. de Vries wrote: > >>> While > >>> <a /> > >>> is accepted as a query, > >>> <![CDATA[<]]> > >>> is not. > >>> !parse error: syntax error, unexpected <![CDATA[ on line 1, column 9 > >>> (next token is `<![CDATA[') > >>> !parse error: XQuery parsing failed > >>> > >>> Is that the expected behaviour? > >>> > >>> Context: I try to output email addresses as "test <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > >>> and failing > >>> > >>> Arjen > >>> > >> This works: > >> > >> xquery><a><![CDATA[<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]]></a> > >> more><> > >> <a><[EMAIL PROTECTED]></a> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Sjoerd Mullender > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- > Sjoerd Mullender > > -- ==================================================================== CWI, room C1.16 Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science Kruislaan 413 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1098 SJ Amsterdam tel: +31-(0)20-5924306 The Netherlands fax: +31-(0)20-5924312 ===================== http://www.cwi.nl/~arjen/ ==================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Monetdb-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/monetdb-developers
