[MarkLogic Dev General] sequence of elements

[Florent Georges]

Geert Josten wrote:

  Hi,

> > <x>{$item/self::*[local-name(.) eq "ID"]}</x>

> Not likely quicker, but more readible if you write it like this:

> <x>{$item/self::*:ID}</x>

  Well, to be really correct, the OP should prevent matches
within other namespaces as well:

    <x>{ $item/self::*:ID[namespace-uri(.) eq ''] }</x>

  But as I said, this is relying on string information extraction
out of the element name, and string comparison, whilst the
following expression is both simpler to read and use the built-in
processor ability to use QNames, as long as you don't use the
default namespace statement:

    <x>{ $item/self::ID }</x>

  So probably the question now is: why does the OP need the
default namespace statement?

  Regards,

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Florent Georges
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