Better way to structure XQuery

[Stacy.Ladnier at noaa.gov]

Absolutely. I have the full URI right now only because I was testing in
an editor outside of exist. When put in, I will definitely use the more
appropriate reference.

----- Original Message -----
From: Wolfgang <http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk>
Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 2:56 pm
Subject: Re:  Better way to structure XQuery

> > I don't know if this helps, but you your query could be 
> simplified as follows:
> > 
> >   let $mydoc := doc('http://localhost:8080/exist/rest/db/bio.xml')
> 
> As another side note, using an http uri here is unnecessary and 
> makes 
> the query slow. eXist will assume that you are referencing an 
> external 
> document (ignoring the 'localhost') and will retrieve it into 
> memory. 
> Better use doc('/db/bio.xml') to have eXist access the document 
> tree 
> which is already stored in the db.
> 
> Wolfgang
>