You would have thought that a person using it as a tutorial would have read alot more of it rather than a single section.
But let me agree with you. Michael Brundage's book is so good I have two copies I also like XQuery by the Experts . On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 4:40 PM, John Snelson <[email protected]>wrote: > In the XQuery 3.0 specification, section 3.9.1 describes direct element > constructors. A sub-section inside that (3.9.1.3 Content) describes how to > process the content of direct element constructors. This section is also > linked from "3.9.3.1 Computed Element Constructors". > > http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-30/#id-content > > The XQuery spec is not always straight forward to read, but I think it's > clear in this case. However the XQuery spec is not meant to be a tutorial > in XQuery - there are better places to learn XQuery. > > John > > > On 08/01/14 16:39, Ihe Onwuka wrote: > >> and that referenced from section 2.4.2 where? >> >> or was I supposed to have sussed that from seeing >> >> * >> >> >> Constructor expressions for various kinds of nodes >> >> if I was....I guess it's my bad. >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 4:29 PM, John Snelson <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> On 08/01/14 16:25, Ihe Onwuka wrote: >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 4:22 PM, David Carlisle <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >> >> On 08/01/2014 15:38, Ihe Onwuka wrote: >> >> because it is going to end up (by whatever process) as >> an attribute >> node. >> >> >> >> That seems to be the cause of your confusion (and your >> misreading of the >> spec and Mike Kay's book) >> >> >> Ok. What sections of Mike Kay's book >> >> >> Mike Kay's book doesn't cover XQuery. >> >> >> and the spec didn't I read that conveyed the information you >> just gave and what references to them did I >> miss. >> >> >> http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-__30/#id-content >> >> <http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-30/#id-content> >> >> >> John >> >> -- >> John Snelson, Lead Engineer http://twitter.com/jpcs >> MarkLogic Corporation http://www.marklogic.com >> _________________________________________________ >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://x-query.com/mailman/__listinfo/talk >> <http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk> >> >> >> > > -- > John Snelson, Lead Engineer http://twitter.com/jpcs > MarkLogic Corporation http://www.marklogic.com >
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