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How to query a single node with xquery so that the result has a different tag?


How can I adjust the xquery below so that the result is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Sex>F</Sex>

xml:

<csv>
  <record>
    <entry>Reported_Date</entry>
    <entry>HA</entry>
    <entry>Sex</entry>
    <entry>Age_Group</entry>
    <entry>Classification_Reported</entry>
  </record>
  <record>
    <entry>2020-01-26</entry>
    <entry>Vancouver Coastal</entry>
    <entry>M</entry>
    <entry>40-49</entry>
    <entry>Lab-diagnosed</entry>
  </record>
  <record>
    <entry>2020-02-02</entry>
    <entry>Vancouver Coastal</entry>
    <entry>F</entry>
    <entry>50-59</entry>
    <entry>Lab-diagnosed</entry>
  </record>
  <record>
    <entry>2020-02-05</entry>
    <entry>Vancouver Coastal</entry>
    <entry>F</entry>
    <entry>20-29</entry>
    <entry>Lab-diagnosed</entry>
  </record>
  <record>
    <entry>2020-02-05</entry>
    <entry>Vancouver Coastal</entry>
    <entry>M</entry>
    <entry>30-39</entry>
    <entry>Lab-diagnosed</entry>
  </record>
  <record>
    <entry>2020-02-11</entry>
    <entry>Interior</entry>
    <entry>F</entry>
    <entry>30-39</entry>
    <entry>Lab-diagnosed</entry>
  </record>
  <record>
    <entry>2020-02-20</entry>
    <entry>Fraser</entry>
    <entry>F</entry>
    <entry>30-39</entry>
    <entry>Lab-diagnosed</entry>
  </record>
  <record>
    <entry>2020-02-21</entry>
    <entry>Fraser</entry>
    <entry>M</entry>
    <entry>40-49</entry>
    <entry>Lab-diagnosed</entry>
  </record>
  <record>
    <entry>2020-02-27</entry>
    <entry>Vancouver Coastal</entry>
    <entry>F</entry>
    <entry>60-69</entry>
    <entry>Lab-diagnosed</entry>
  </record>
</csv>

xquery:

declare namespace map = "http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions/map";
declare namespace array = "http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions/array";

declare namespace output = "http://www.w3.org/2010/xslt-xquery-serialization";

for $x in /csv

return $x/record[3]/entry[3]

result:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><entry>F</entry>

Solution

  • Try instead

    for $x in /csv
    return
    <Sex>
      {$x/record[3]/entry[3]/text()}
    </Sex>
    

    Output:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Sex>F</Sex>