Hi, Here is another thingy I tried but again: no cigar. The problem would be solved if I could determine the absolute path to an element-variable: $c Rob Van: Christian Grün [mailto:christian.gruen@gmail.com] Verzonden: vrijdag 8 augustus 2014 16:04 Aan: Rob Stapper CC: BaseX Onderwerp: Re: [basex-talk] How to update a XML-file from itself? Hi Rob, I didnt find variable $c in your example, but the following modification might give you the correct result: let $update.processor := function($a, $b) { ($a update replace value of node ./default/text1 with ()) update insert node $b/string into .//default/text1 } or (depending on what you plan to do): let $update.processor := function($a, $b) { ($a update insert node $b/string into default/text1) } As you already observed, it is only possible to update nodes that have been copied by the 'update' keyword. Hope this helps, Christian On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Rob Stapper <r.stapper@lijbrandt.nl> wrote: Hi, Can anyone help me with this casus? I want to update XML-source: $a, by inserting the content of XML-element: $b, a sub-element of $a, into XML-element: $c, also a sub-element of $a. The relative path from $b to $c is known. See attached example: the problem is that the update works on a copy of $a and that the destination-element: $b/parent::*/default/text1, is actually an element of the original $a. How can I make it point to the corresponding element in the copy? Any suggestions? Thanx in advance, Rob Stapper _____ <http://www.avast.com/> Afbeelding verwijderd door afzender. Dit e-mailbericht bevat geen virussen en malware omdat avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com/> actief is. --- Dit e-mailbericht bevat geen virussen en malware omdat avast! Antivirus-bescherming actief is. http://www.avast.com
