ANSWERS to "What's wrong with XQuery" question

[Dave Pawson]

On 28 July 2010 10:26, Andrew Welch <http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk> wrote:

> Here's another example, say you have a function to return to the HTML

> the xquery equivalent is:
>
> declare function f:getHead() {
>  <title>some title</title>
>  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
> };
>
> ...but that causes an error.... its missing a comma:
>
> declare function f:getHead() {
>  <title>some title</title>,
>  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
> };
>

That's exactly it Andrew.
I find it hard/odd  to determine that I need a sequence (hence the comma).
Or more likely, when I'm generating a sequence.
The other infuriating one is when to drop in those {} pairs.


Face it, xquery is an 'odd' syntax that takes some getting used to,
more so when you step beyond simple tutorial class examples.

regards

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