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<p>In the query mode a query can be send to the server and executed
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<p>The query mode of the [[Clients]] allows you to bind external variables to a query
in an iterative manner. For this you have to call the <code>query()</code> function
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and evaluate the query in an iterative manner. The <code>query()</code> function of the
of the <code>Session</code> with your defined query. This will return a query object
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<code>Session</code> instance returns a new query instance.</p>
which comes with an forward-only iterator to get each result of the query.
 
Furthermore it is possible to bind variables to the query using the <code>bind()</code> function
 
of the query object.</p>  
 
 
   
 
   
 
==Usage==  
 
==Usage==  
 
   
 
   
<p>The query execution works as follows:</p>
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The query execution works as follows:
 
   
 
   
#Create a new session instance with hostname, port, username and password.
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# Create a new session instance with hostname, port, username and password.
#Call the <code>query()</code> function of the session with the query as argument to get your query object.
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# Call <code>query()</code> with your XQuery expression to get a query object.
#Optionally bind variables to the query with the <code>bind()</code> function.
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# Optionally bind variables to the query with one of the <code>bind()</code> functions.
#Initialize query output via <code>init()</code>.
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# Optionally bind a value to the context item via <code>context()</code>.
#Iterate through the query object with the <code>more()</code> and <code>next()</code> functions. If an error occurs, an exception is thrown.
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# Iterate through the query object with the <code>more()</code> and <code>next()</code> functions.
#Close the query with <code>close()</code>.  
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# As an alternative, call <code>execute()</code> to get the whole result at a time.
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# <code>info()</code> gives you information on query evaluation.
==Example==  
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# <code>options()</code> returns the query serialization parameters.
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# Don't forget to close the query with <code>close()</code>.
#Create a session object: <code>Session session = new Session("localhost", 1984, "admin", "admin");</code>
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#Define a query and create a query object:<br/><pre class="brush:java">String q = "declare variable $name external; for $i in 1 to 10 return element { $name } { $i }"; <br/> Query query = session.query(q);</pre>
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==PHP Example==
#Call the bind method of your query object:<br/><pre class="brush:java">query.bind("$name", "Number");</pre>
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#Call the init method of your query object:<br/><<pre class="brush:java">print query.init();</pre>  
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Taken from our [https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex-api/blob/master/src/main/php/QueryBindExample.php repository]:
#Iterate through the query object:<br/><pre class="brush:java">while(query.more()) print query.next();</pre>
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#Close your query object:<br/><pre class="brush:java">print query.close();</pre>
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<pre class="brush:php">
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<?php
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/*
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* This example shows how queries can be executed in an iterative manner.
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* Documentation: http://basex.org/api
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*
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* (C) BaseX Team 2005-15, BSD License
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*/
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include("BaseXClient.php");
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try {
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  // create session
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  $session = new Session("localhost", 1984, "admin", "admin");
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  try {
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    // create query instance
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    $input = 'declare variable $name external; '.
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      'for $i in 1 to 10 return element { $name } { $i }';
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    $query = $session->query($input);
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    // bind variable
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    $query->bind("$name", "number");
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    // print result
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    print $query->execute()."\n";
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    // close query instance
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    $query->close();
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  } catch (Exception $e) {
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    // print exception
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    print $e->getMessage();
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  }
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  // close session
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  $session->close();
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} catch (Exception $e) {
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  // print exception
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  print $e->getMessage();
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}
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?>
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</pre>
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=Changelog=
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;Version 7.2
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* Added: {{Code|context()}} function

Revision as of 14:53, 17 January 2016

The query mode of the Clients allows you to bind external variables to a query and evaluate the query in an iterative manner. The query() function of the Session instance returns a new query instance.

Usage

The query execution works as follows:

  1. Create a new session instance with hostname, port, username and password.
  2. Call query() with your XQuery expression to get a query object.
  3. Optionally bind variables to the query with one of the bind() functions.
  4. Optionally bind a value to the context item via context().
  5. Iterate through the query object with the more() and next() functions.
  6. As an alternative, call execute() to get the whole result at a time.
  7. info() gives you information on query evaluation.
  8. options() returns the query serialization parameters.
  9. Don't forget to close the query with close().

PHP Example

Taken from our repository:

<?php
/*
 * This example shows how queries can be executed in an iterative manner.
 * Documentation: http://basex.org/api
 *
 * (C) BaseX Team 2005-15, BSD License
 */
include("BaseXClient.php");

try {
  // create session
  $session = new Session("localhost", 1984, "admin", "admin");
  
  try {
    // create query instance
    $input = 'declare variable $name external; '.
      'for $i in 1 to 10 return element { $name } { $i }';
    $query = $session->query($input);

    // bind variable
    $query->bind("$name", "number");

    // print result
    print $query->execute()."\n";

    // close query instance
    $query->close();

  } catch (Exception $e) {
    // print exception
    print $e->getMessage();
  }

  // close session
  $session->close();

} catch (Exception $e) {
  // print exception
  print $e->getMessage();
}
?>

Changelog

Version 7.2
  • Added: context() function