You can either generate the whole query dynamically, or you can use an
xx:evaluate() extension, which is offered in many implementations (just as
with XSLT). Though some query products seem to have decided on the name
xx:eval().
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Fuller [mailto:]
> Sent: 09 October 2007 11:47
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> Subject: [xml-dev] dynamic xpath eval in xquery?
>
> given in xquery v1.0
>
> let $xml := <test><a><b></b></a>
>
> let $xpathstring := ''test/a/b"
>
> return $xml/$xpathstring
>
> I know this is not possible ;) ... though I am having a brain cramp...
>
> wondering what the best approach for doing this type of thing
> in XQuery.
>
> tia, Jim Fuller
>
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