XML Editor
Sign up for a WebBoard account Sign Up Keyword Search Search More Options... Options
Chat Rooms Chat Help Help News News Log in to WebBoard Log in Not Logged in
Show tree view Topic
Go to previous topicPrev TopicGo to next topicNext Topic
Postnext
Dominic VieiraSubject: External xquery functions
Author: Dominic Vieira
Date: 18 May 2007 12:23 PM
I would like to take advantage of functions defined in the following namespace;
declare namespace functx = "http://www.functx.com";
declare function functx:pad-string-to-length
( $stringToPad as xs:string? ,
$padChar as xs:string ,
$length as xs:integer ) as xs:string {

substring(
string-join (
($stringToPad, for $i in (1 to $length) return $padChar)
,'')
,1,$length)
} ;

What do I need to do in xquery to take advantage of such functions in development and deployment environments and how would I reference the functions in my code.

Thanks,
Dominic

Posttop
(Deleted User) Subject: External xquery functions
Author: (Deleted User)
Date: 21 May 2007 02:31 PM
Hi Dominic,
you should package the function in a module

module namespace functx = "http://www.functx.com";

declare function functx:pad-string-to-length( $stringToPad as xs:string? ,
$padChar as xs:string ,
$length as xs:integer ) as xs:string {
substring(
string-join (
($stringToPad, for $i in (1 to
$length) return $padChar)
,'')
,1,$length)
} ;

and then import it from your actual query

import module namespace functx = "http://www.functx.com" at "mod1.xquery";

functx:pad-string-to-length("ciao", " ", 10)

Hope this helps,
Alberto

 
Go to previous topicPrev TopicGo to next topicNext Topic
Download A Free Trial of Stylus Studio 6 XML Professional Edition Today! Powered by Stylus Studio, the world's leading XML IDE for XML, XSLT, XQuery, XML Schema, DTD, XPath, WSDL, XHTML, SQL/XML, and XML Mapping!  
go

Log In Options

Site Map | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Trademarks
Stylus Scoop XML Newsletter:
W3C Member
Stylus Studio® and DataDirect XQuery ™are from DataDirect Technologies, is a registered trademark of Progress Software Corporation, in the U.S. and other countries. © 2004-2016 All Rights Reserved.