XQuery in Web Application

[Wolfgang]

> I intend on turning the code below into a web interface so I could
> search through my database collections. I used Saxon to debug my
> errors, and it apparently is giving me something like this in the
> following:
> 
> F [Saxon9B XQuery] Cannot find a matching 1-argument function named
> {http://chausie.slis.indiana.edu:8080/exist/xquery/request}get-parameter()

This is an eXist-specific function as can be seen from the namespace URI 
(which is completely wrong btw). If you want to test queries on 
different implementations you have to stick to those functions defined 
in the specs (http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/).

 > declare namespace 
request="http://chausie.slis.indiana.edu:8080/exist/xquery/request";

1) the URI is wrong and 2) you should use an import:

import module namespace request="http://exist-db.org/xquery/request";

Please consult the many examples provided in the distribution and the 
documentation!

Wolfgang