XQuery

Priscilla Walmsley (pwalmsley@datypic.com)

ISBN: 1491915103

2nd edition, 2015, O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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• Errata
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Table of contents

• Chapter 1. Introduction to XQuery
  • What Is XQuery?
  • Easing into XQuery
  • Path Expressions
  • FLWORs
  • Adding XML Elements and Attributes
  • Functions
  • Joins
  • Aggregating and Grouping Values
• Chapter 2. XQuery Foundations
  • The Design and History of the XQuery Language
  • XQuery in Context
  • Processing Queries
  • The XQuery Data Model
  • Types
  • Namespaces
• Chapter 3. Expressions: XQuery Building Blocks
  • Categories of Expressions
  • Keywords and Names
  • Whitespace in Queries
  • Literals
  • Variables
  • Function Calls
  • Comments
  • Precedence and Parentheses
  • Comparison Expressions
  • Conditional (if-then-else) Expressions
  • Switch Expressions
  • Logical (and/or) Expressions
• Chapter 4. Navigating XML by Using Paths
  • Path Expressions
  • Predicates
  • A Closer Look at Context
  • Dynamic Paths
  • The Simple Map Operator
• Chapter 5. Adding Elements and Attributes to Results
  • Including Elements and Attributes from the Input Document
  • Direct Element Constructors
  • Computed Constructors
• Chapter 6. Selecting and Joining Using FLWORs
  • Selecting with Path Expressions
  • FLWOR Expressions
  • Quantified Expressions
  • Selecting Distinct Values
  • Joins
• Chapter 7. Sorting and Grouping
  • Sorting in XQuery
  • Grouping
  • Aggregating Values
• Chapter 8. Functions
  • Built-in Versus User-Defined Functions
  • Calling Functions
  • User-Defined Functions
• Chapter 9. Advanced Queries
  • Working with Positions and Sequence Numbers
  • Windowing
  • Copying Input Elements with Modifications
  • Combining Results
  • Using Intermediate XML Documents
• Chapter 10. Namespaces and XQuery
  • XML Namespaces
  • Namespaces and XQuery
  • Namespace Declarations in Queries
  • Controlling Namespace Declarations in Your Results
  • URI-Qualified Names
• Chapter 11. A Closer Look at Types
  • The XQuery Type System
  • The Built-in Types
  • Types, Nodes, and Atomic Values
  • Type Checking in XQuery
  • Automatic Type Conversions
  • Sequence Types
  • Constructors and Casting
• Chapter 12. Prologs, Modules and Variables
  • Structure of a Query: Prolog and Body
  • Assembling Queries from Multiple Modules
  • Variable Declarations
  • Private Functions and Variables
  • Declaring External Functions
• Chapter 13. Inputs and Outputs
  • Types of Input and Output Documents
  • Accessing Input Documents
  • Serializing Output
• Chapter 14. Using Schemas with XQuery
  • What Is a Schema?
  • Why Use Schemas with Queries?
  • W3C XML Schema: A Brief Overview
  • In-Scope Schema Definitions
  • Schema Validation and Type Assignment
  • Sequence Types and Schemas
• Chapter 15. Static Typing
  • What Is Static Typing?
  • The Typeswitch Expression
  • The Treat Expression
  • Type Declarations
  • The zero-or-one, one-or-more, and exactly-one Functions
• Chapter 16. Writing Better Queries
  • Query Design Goals
  • Clarity
  • Modularity
  • Robustness
  • Error Handling
  • Performance
• Chapter 17. Working with Numbers
  • The Numeric Types
  • Constructing Numeric Values
  • Comparing Numeric Values
  • Arithmetic Operations
  • Functions on Numbers
  • Formatting Numbers
• Chapter 18. Working with Strings
  • The xs:string Type
  • Constructing Strings
  • Comparing Strings
  • Substrings
  • Finding the Length of a String
  • Concatenating and Splitting Strings
  • Manipulating Strings
  • Whitespace and Strings
  • Internationalization Considerations
• Chapter 19. Regular Expressions
  • The Structure of a Regular Expression
  • Representing Individual Characters
  • Representing Any Character
  • Representing Groups of Characters
  • Character Class Expressions
  • Reluctant Quantifiers
  • Anchors
  • Back-References
  • Using Flags
  • Using Sub-Expressions with Replacement Variables
• Chapter 20. Working with Dates, Times, and Durations
  • The Date and Time Types
  • The Duration Types
  • Extracting Components of Dates, Times, and Durations
  • Formatting Dates and Times
  • Using Arithmetic Operators on Dates, Times, and Durations
  • The Date Component Types
• Chapter 21. Working with Qualified Names, URIs, and IDs
  • Working with Qualified Names
  • Working with URIs
  • Working with IDs
• Chapter 22. Working with Other XML Constructs
  • XML Comments
  • Processing Instructions
  • Documents
  • Text Nodes
  • XML Entity and Character References
  • CDATA Sections
• Chapter 23. Function Items and Higher-Order Functions
  • Why Higher-Order Functions?
  • Constructing Functions and Calling Them Dynamically
  • Functions and Sequence Types
  • Higher-Order Functions
• Chapter 24. Maps, Arrays and JSON
  • Maps
  • Arrays
  • JSON
• Chapter 25. Implementation-Specific Features
  • Conformance
  • Version Support
  • Setting the Query Context
  • The Option Declaration
  • Extension Expressions
  • Annotations
• Chapter 26. XQuery for SQL Users
  • Relational Versus XML Data Models
  • Comparing SQL Syntax with XQuery Syntax
  • Combining SQL and XQuery
  • SQL/XML
• Chapter 27. XQuery for XSLT Users
  • XQuery and XPath
  • XQuery Versus XSLT
  • Using XQuery and XSLT Together
  • XQuery Backward Compatibility with XPath 1.0
• Chapter 28. Additional XQuery-Related Standards
  • XQuery Update Facility
  • Full-Text Search
  • XQueryX
  • RESTXQ
  • XQuery API for Java (XQJ)
• Appendix A. Built-in Function Reference
• Appendix B. Built-in Type Reference
• Appendix C. Error Summary