• From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
• To: "'James Fuller'" <james.fuller.2007@g...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:37:11 +0100

You can either generate the whole query dynamically, or you can use an
xx:evaluate() extension, which is offered in many implementations (just as
with XSLT). Though some query products seem to have decided on the name
xx:eval().

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Fuller [mailto:james.fuller.2007@g...] 
> Sent: 09 October 2007 11:47
> To: xml-dev@l...
> Subject:  dynamic xpath eval in xquery?
> 
> given in xquery v1.0
> 
> let $xml := <test><a><b></b></a>
> 
> let $xpathstring := ''test/a/b"
> 
> return $xml/$xpathstring
> 
> I know this is not possible ;) ... though I am having a brain cramp...
> 
> wondering what the best approach for doing this type of thing 
> in XQuery.
> 
> tia, Jim Fuller
> 
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