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Jack Tan

Subject: How to output a text with a mix of XML significant characters and function invocations?
Author: Jack Tan
Date: 16 Mar 2007 03:39 AM

I would like to output a text, for example:

“<this is just> a {test} of 5 xml significant characters <> & {}”

How can I output it?

The following line does not work but shows (perhaps) that what I want to achieve is to form a template that allows to mix xml significant chars with invocation(s) of XQUERY functions (in this case {fn:number(5)})

<text>
“\lt this is just \gt a \br test \br of {fn:number(5)} xml significant characters \lt;\gt;\amp;\br\br
</text>

Any hints? I am assuming that it must be related to serialization part of the XQUERY/XSLT spec. Where can I find examples?

Another possibility is to finally learn XSLT and use it to write a proper stylesheet.... or is there a way to do it in XQUERY?

Thanks for suggestions,

jack

(Deleted User)

Subject: How to output a text with a mix of XML significant characters and function invocations?
Author: (Deleted User)
Date: 16 Mar 2007 04:29 AM

Hi Jack,
inside a node constructor you must follow the rules of XML (plus the special {{ and }} to escape the curly braces), so this is the correct escaping:

<text>
<this is just> a {{test}} of {fn:number(5)} xml significant characters <> & {{}}
</text>

Hope this helps,
Alberto

Jack Tan

Subject: How to output a text with a mix of XML significant characters and function invocations?
Author: Jack Tan
Date: 16 Mar 2007 01:49 PM

Thanks Alberto,

by the way the following is also working:

<text>
{fn:string("<")} this is just {fn:string("{")} a test{fn:string("}")} of {fn:number(5)} xml significant characters {fn:string("<")}{fn:string(">")} {fn:string("{")}{fn:string("}")} &
</text>

a bit verbose ...

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