xquery to return a document

 

You may use below queries to return document(s) in marklogic server.

fn:doc() or doc()

Returns all the documents in the database

To return the first document

fn:doc()[1]

To return specific document(s) with a known URI

USE

fn:doc(
[uri as xs:string*]
) as document-node()*

xs:string* –>  URI(s) of the document to retrieve.

for eg.

1) To return document having URI “/sample/mydoc.xml”

fn:doc(“/sample/mydoc.xml”)

2) To return documents having URI “/sample/mydoc1.xml” and “/sample/mydoc2.xml”

fn:doc((“/sample/mydoc1.xml”, “/sample/mydoc2.xml”))

fn:collection() – Returns all the documents in the database

To return the first document in the collection

fn:collection()[1]

fn:collection(

[uri as xs:string*]


) as document-node()*

xs:string* –>  a list of URIs or collection name

returns all of the documents in the collection as document-node()*.

for eg.

fn:collection(“collectionName”)

A simple Xquery file to return a document with the URI coming from external parameter.

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xquery version "1.0-ml";

declare namespace ns1= "http://www.examplenamespace.com/ns1";

declare variable $externparameter as xs:string external;

<document>

{


fn:doc($externparameter)


}


</document>

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