Small request on xquery ( how to put xml content in a attribute element )

Hello, I'm using basex to manage numerous collection of xml structure , in the context of a migration program, i will transfer these structure to an external system , so i need to send them within an embedded attribut value ( of a xml ) : ex: BaseX current content is : <NodeX></NodeX> Remote DataBase ( not xml ) requieres : <Value title="FNX" value="&lt;NodeX&gt;&lt;/NodeX&gt;"> The XML source is translated to a litteral string ....but what is the function ( Cast ? ) responsible to operate the translation ? By the way , what is the reversed operation that read attribut to XML structure . Best Regards

This can be done with the fn:serialize() function:

(: start :)
<Value title="FNX">{
  serialize(<NodeX></NodeX>)
}</Value>
(: end :)

Note that you'll have to prefix your query with a "xhtml" output method declaration if you want to explicitly see the opening and closing tag:

(: start :)
declare option output:method "xhtml";

<Value title="FNX">{
  serialize(<NodeX></NodeX>)
}</Value>
(: end :)

Hi,

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That can be done with the function fn:parse-xml(...):

==> <NodeX/> Cheers, Leo