Xquery for multiple files
Thursday, 12 December 2013 · 3 messages · last reply 14 Dec 2013
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Mansour Al Akeel12 Dec 2013 06:56 #
Hello all,
I am not sure if this can be done in XQuery, and if BaseX makes it possible, but I am trying to query all the files under a directory. This directory is copied through webdav.
For example, I need to get all the files that have root <article>.
Searching for how to do this, I came across this post, that shows how to do something similar with marklogic
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19243253/search-and-load-all-xml-files-in-xquery
How to do this in BaseX if possible ??
Thank you.
CG
Christian Grün12 Dec 2013 11:15 #
Mansour,
Sorry for being persistent, but I would be grateful if you could first check out our Wiki and try things before requesting the list. Two links that should give you a start:
http://docs.basex.org/wiki/File_Module
http://docs.basex.org/wiki/XQuery
XQuery is a very powerful language. Even things like raytracers have been written in the language. – It takes some time to learn the language, but I dare say it’s worth the time.
Thanks,
Christian
Quoted text · Mansour Al Akeel · 22 lines
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 5:56 AM, Mansour Al Akeel <mansour.alakeel at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I am not sure if this can be done in XQuery, and if BaseX makes it > possible, but I am trying to query all the files under a directory. > This directory is copied through webdav. > For example, I need to get all the files that have root <article>. > > Searching for how to do this, I came across this post, that shows how > to do something similar with marklogic > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19243253/search-and-load-all-xml-files-in-xquery > > How to do this in BaseX if possible ?? > > > Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > BaseX-Talk mailing list > BaseX-Talk at mailman.uni-konstanz.de > https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk
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Mansour Al Akeel14 Dec 2013 04:36 #
Christian,
Querying all files, the way it's in the thread is done by "querying all the files". My understanding is through iterating over each file and loading it, then filtering them.
I am sorry, but I think I used the wrong words. I think I got what I wanted from using the db model. For others facing the same problem, here's what I did:
declare %rest:path("repo/articles")
%rest:GET
function page:list-articles(){
<articles>
{
let $db := db:open('repo')
for $a in $db/article
return <article
count="{count($db/article)}">{$a//title[1]}</article>
}
</articles>
} ;Quoted text · Christian Grün · 41 lines
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 5:15 AM, Christian Grün <christian.gruen at gmail.com> wrote: > Mansour, > > Sorry for being persistent, but I would be grateful if you could first > check out our Wiki and try things before requesting the list. Two > links that should give you a start: > > http://docs.basex.org/wiki/File_Module > http://docs.basex.org/wiki/XQuery > > XQuery is a very powerful language. Even things like raytracers have > been written in the language. – It takes some time to learn the > language, but I dare say it’s worth the time. > > Thanks, > Christian > ___________________________ > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 5:56 AM, Mansour Al Akeel > <mansour.alakeel at gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I am not sure if this can be done in XQuery, and if BaseX makes it >> possible, but I am trying to query all the files under a directory. >> This directory is copied through webdav. >> For example, I need to get all the files that have root <article>. >> >> Searching for how to do this, I came across this post, that shows how >> to do something similar with marklogic >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19243253/search-and-load-all-xml-files-in-xquery >> >> How to do this in BaseX if possible ?? >> >> >> Thank you. >> _______________________________________________ >> BaseX-Talk mailing list >> BaseX-Talk at mailman.uni-konstanz.de >> https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk
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