[MarkLogic Dev General] typeswitch with computed element name

[Helen Chen]

Hi Ken,

It helps a lot. Thanks.

Helen

On Oct 22, 2009, at 1:39 PM, G. Ken Holman wrote:

> At 2009-10-22 13:25 -0400, Helen Chen wrote:
>> I need to check if a node is a type of element, and this element has
>> namespace, the value for namespace and local name are all stored in
>> variable, or at least the local name is in variable,
>
> Fine.
>
>> when I tried to
>> use it in typwswitch, it seems that in case part the element does not
>> like variable,
>
> Indeed it should not ... element() is a node test it is not a  
> function call:
>
>   http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/REC-xquery-20070123/#doc-xquery- 
> ElementTest
>
>> How can I do it?
>
> By using node-name() as shown below.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> . . . . . . . . . Ken
>
> T:\ftemp>type helen.xq
> let $subname := "subsect1"
> let $testsubnode := element { fn:QName("http://www.somens.com",
> $subname) }
>           {  "test node" }
> return
>    if ( node-name($testsubnode) = fn:QName("http://www.somens.com",  
> $subname) )
>        then "found" else "not found"
>
> T:\ftemp>xquery helen.xq
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>found
> T:\ftemp>
>
>
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