Is it possible to use mor complex xpath statements with the xpathdocument() func

moritzw over 8 years ago

Is it possible to use mor complex xpath statements with the xpathdocument() function? For example something like:

xpathdocument(pv!xml_doc,"for $i in //ns:xyz/ns:abc/text() return if($i = 'Yes') then 'true' else 'false'")

I am getting an error when trying to execute the above statement.

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0 sagarl511
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over 8 years ago

@moritzw - If you use xpathdocument or xpathsnippet to search for element and if that element is not present it will return empty List of Text string. For e.g - if(rule!APN_isEmpty(xpathsnippet(

"JohnDoe",
"//employees/employee/department/text()"
)),"Yes","No")

returns Yes as there is no department element whereas -

if(rule!APN_isEmpty(xpathsnippet(

"JohnDoe",
"//employees/employee/name/text()"
)),"Yes","No")

returns No. May be this helps in solving your issue.
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0 sagarl511
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over 8 years ago

@moritzw - If you use xpathdocument or xpathsnippet to search for element and if that element is not present it will return empty List of Text string. For e.g - if(rule!APN_isEmpty(xpathsnippet(

"JohnDoe",
"//employees/employee/department/text()"
)),"Yes","No")

returns Yes as there is no department element whereas -

if(rule!APN_isEmpty(xpathsnippet(

"JohnDoe",
"//employees/employee/name/text()"
)),"Yes","No")

returns No. May be this helps in solving your issue.
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