.. I* see the syntax error : * *[XPST0003] Expecting ")", found "v".* when I try : for $childentry in $c//childentry return replace value of $childentry/@id with concat('New Child: ', data($c//childentry/@id)) To modify the child entries like so: <childentry id="1"> ----- > <childentry id="New Child: 1"> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Sony Vijay <sony.vibh@gmail.com> wrote:
... Replacing the values of attribute nodes doesn't seem to work as expected when I use modify. Please see my previous post with correction in the typo.
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Sony Vijay <sony.vibh@gmail.com> wrote:
Please ignore the typo. My sample xquery looks something like this:
for $childentry in $c//childentry return replace value of $childentry/@id with concat('New Child: ', data($c//childentry/@id))
To modify the child entries like so:
<childentry id="1"> ----- > <childentry id="New Child: 1">
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Sony Vijay <sony.vibh@gmail.com> wrote:
Christian,
Yes. I did realize that I must use a RETURN statement. I tried that with a slight change in the requirement. Say, my child entries look like so :
<childentry id="1" />
I tried:
for $childentry in $c//childentry return replace value of $childentry/@id with
concat('New Child: ', $c//childentry/text())
Does replace work differently for attributes ?
Thanks, Sony
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Christian Grün < christian.gruen@gmail.com> wrote:
Sony,
each FLWOR expression needs to be completed with a RETURN statement. Please insert the following snippet (haven't tried it live):
for $childentry in $c//childentry return replace value of $childentry with concat('New Child: ', $c//childentry/text())
Hope this helps, Christian ___________________________
Christian Grün Uni KN, Box 188 78457 Konstanz, Germany http://www.inf.uni-konstanz.de/~gruen
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Sony Vijay <sony.vibh@gmail.com> wrote:
Christian, Thank you very much for helping me with the query. However, I am not quite sure how the transform operation works if I have to use a for loop. Say, I twist around yesterday's question a bit like so: copy $c := <entry> <id>1</id> <title>How to use a transform expression</title> <updated>2011-02-23</updated> <author> <name>BaseX Team</name> <uri>http://basex.org</uri> </author> <childentry> 1 </childentry> <childentry> 2 </childentry> <childentry> 3 </childentry> <content type="html">Transform expression example created by BaseX Team</content> </entry> modify ( replace value of node $c//name with 'BaseX', replace value of node $c//content with concat('Copy of: ', $c//content), insert node <member>Joey</member> into $c//author for $childentry in $c//childentry replace value of $childentry with concat('New Child: ', $c//childentry/text()) ) return $c
The expected output is: <entry> <id>1</id> <title>How to use a transform expression</title> <updated>2011-02-23</updated> <author> <name>BaseX</name> <uri>http://basex.org</uri> <member>Joey</member> </author> <childentry> New Child: 1 </childentry> <childentry> New Child: 2 </childentry> <childentry> New Child: 3 </childentry> <content type="html">Copy of: Transform expression example created by BaseX Team</content> </entry> The following exception is thrown when I tried my sample transformation query with the for loop: [XPST0003] Expecting 'where', 'order' or 'return' expression. Thanks, Sony PS: @Lukas: I did notice the update in the documentation. Thank you !
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:32 AM, Lukas Kircher <lukaskircher1@googlemail.com> wrote:
Hi Sony,
to help others with the same question, I allowed myself to add a modified version of your example to our documentation [1].
Regards, Lukas
[1] http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Update#transform
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 6:58 AM, Sony Vijay <sony.vibh@gmail.com>
wrote:
> > Christian, > Thank you for the quick and helpful reply. > - Sony > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Christian Grün > <christian.gruen@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Sony, >> >> the following query might do what you want: >> >> copy $c := >> <entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" >> xmlns:libx="http://libx.org/xml/libx2"> >> <id>1</id> >> <title>Link Amazon By ISBN</title> >> <updated>2010-09-29T18:37:48.592Z</updated> >> <author> >> <name>LibX Team</name> >> <uri>http://libx.org</uri> >> <email>libx.org@gmail.com</email> >> </author> >> <content type="html">Content created by LibX Libapp Builder</content> >> </entry> >> modify ( >> replace value of node $c//*:name with 'Sony', >> replace value of node $c//*:content with >> concat('Copy of: ', $c//*:content) >> ) >> return $c >> >> >> Best, >> Christian >> ___________________________ >> >> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Sony Vijay <sony.vibh@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > I am using BaseX 6.5. I am trying to transform a given node using an >> > XQuery. >> > >> > Say, I have an node like so: >> > <entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" >> > xmlns:libx="http://libx.org/xml/libx2"> >> > <id>1</id> >> > <title>Link Amazon By ISBN</title> >> > <updated>2010-09-29T18:37:48.592Z</updated> >> > <author> >> > <name>LibX Team</name> >> > <uri>http://libx.org</uri> >> > <email>libx.org@gmail.com</email> >> > </author> >> > <content type="html">Content created by LibX Libapp >> > Builder</content> >> > </entry> >> > I am trying to send this node to an xquery which is expected to do the >> > following actions: >> > >> > create a copy of this node (so that the actual node in the database >> > does not >> > change), >> > transform/modify the duplicate copy of the given node >> > return the modified duplicate copy of the given node >> > >> > I would expect the output to be like so: >> > <entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" >> > xmlns:libx="http://libx.org/xml/libx2"> >> > <id>1</id> >> > <title>Link Amazon By ISBN</title> >> > <updated>2010-09-29T18:37:48.592Z</updated> >> > <author> >> > <name>Sony</name> >> > <uri>http://libx.org</uri> >> > <email>libx.org@gmail.com</email> >> > </author> >> > <content type="html">Copy of: Content created by LibX Libapp >> > Builder</content> >> > </entry> >> > I tried to perform the non-updating functions using transform and also >> > tried >> > to use a pending update list >> > (Reference: http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Update#transform). None of this >> > works >> > as expected. Could you refer me to a more detailed documentation for >> > performing such transform operations on nodes ? >> > Thanks, >> > Sony >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > BaseX-Talk mailing list >> > BaseX-Talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de >> > https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > BaseX-Talk mailing list > BaseX-Talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de > https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk >