Re: [basex-talk] XML element case sensitivity

-- Jens Erat [phone]: tel:+49-151-56961126 [mail]: mailto:email@jenserat.de [jabber]: xmpp:jabber@jenserat.de [web]: http://www.jenserat.de PGP: 350E D9B6 9ADC 2DED F5F2 8549 CBC2 613C D745 722B Am 16.06.2012 um 16:46 schrieb Dirk Kirsten: > There are functions like lower-case() and upper-case(). So you could do something like this > > //*[lower-case(name(.)) = "lyrics"] > > However, I guess it could result in a decreased performance. Therefore it might be reasonable to do this in some kind of preprocessing, if it is relevant for your use-case. > > cheers, > Dirk > > > On 06/16/2012 03:51 PM, David Leigh wrote: >> I’ve been searching in the BaseX docs online and can’t seem to find >> reference to what I’m seeing. It may be common knowledge in the XML >> community but I’m not highly skilled in XML. >> >> Here’s my issue: >> >> I have XML files that I’m loading into my database where there is >> inconsistency in the case (capital vs. lower-case) of the tag names (XML >> elements I think?). For instance, I have a tag named “lyrics” and >> sometimes in the files (whose source is not necessarily under my >> control) that will be <lyrics> and sometimes <Lyrics>. It could of >> course, by someone’s error also be <lYrIcS> or any other weird >> combination. Is there a way, either at database creation or via some >> option or at query time to say that “lyrics” = “Lyrics” = “LyRics”, etc. >> i.e. to be case insensitive for the XML tag names? >> >> Thanks! >> >> David >> >> DavidEmailSig mailto:david@leighweb.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BaseX-Talk mailing list >> BaseX-Talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de >> https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk > > _______________________________________________ > BaseX-Talk mailing list > BaseX-Talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de > https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk