that's interesting. what's item in this example, and how can it be
referenced?


thanks,

Thufir

On 2019-10-12 2:29 a.m., Christian Grün wrote:
> On top of the query (in the query prolog), you can bind your database
> to the context. After that, there’ll be no need to bind it to a
> variable:
>
> declare context item := db:open("com.w3schools.books");
> /bookstore
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 10:11 AM thufir <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> nevermind, it's:
>>
>> let $db := db:open("com.w3schools.books")
>> return $db/bookstore
>>
>> I thought it was unusual because of db:open.
>>
>>
>> -Thufir
>>
>> On 2019-10-12 12:50 a.m., thufir wrote:
>>> these FLWOR .xq files work as is:
>>>
>>> let $db := db:open("com.w3schools.books")
>>> for $x in $db/bookstore
>>> return $x
>>>
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> <new_catalog>{
>>> let $db := db:open("com.w3schools.books")
>>> for $x in $db/bookstore/book
>>> return <new_book>{$x/title,$x/author}</new_book>
>>> }</new_catalog>
>>>
>>>
>>> Probably a silly question, but, rather than, as in the first query,
>>> using $x can I not somehow specify just "/"?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> Thufir