[teiid-commits] teiid SVN: r2949 - trunk/documentation/reference/src/main/docbook/en-US/content.

Author: shawkins Date: 2011-02-27 23:10:39 -0500 (Sun, 27 Feb 2011) New Revision: 2949 Modified: trunk/documentation/reference/src/main/docbook/en-US/content/scalar_functions.xml Log: updating xpathValue doc based on forum posting Modified: trunk/documentation/reference/src/main/docbook/en-US/content/scalar_functions.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/documentation/reference/src/main/docbook/en-US/content/scalar_functions.xml 2011-02-25 20:40:17 UTC (rev 2948) +++ trunk/documentation/reference/src/main/docbook/en-US/content/scalar_functions.xml 2011-02-28 04:10:39 UTC (rev 2949) @@ -2062,7 +2062,16 @@ string value for the first matching result.</para> <para><synopsis>XPATHVALUE(doc, xpath)</synopsis></para> <para>Doc and xpath in {string, clob, xml}. Return value is a string.</para> - <para>An attempt is made to provide a meaningful result for non-text nodes.</para> + <para>Matching a non-text node will still produce a string result, which includes all descendent text nodes.</para> + <example> + <title>Sample xpathValue Ignoring Namespaces</title> + <para>XML value:</para> + <programlisting language="XML"><![CDATA[<?xml version="1.0" ?><ns1:return xmlns:ns1="http://com.test.ws/exampleWebService">Hello<x> World</x></return>]]></programlisting> + <para>Function:</para> + <programlisting language="SQL">xpathValue(value, '/*[local-name()="return"])</programlisting> + <para>Results in 'Hello World'</para> + </example> + <para>See also <xref linkend="xmlquery"/></para> </section> </section> <section>