Name

xte_head — Returns the vector corresponding to a head of a XML element

Synopsis

xte_head ( in tagname varchar ,
in attr1name varchar ,
in attr1val varchar ,
... ,
in attrNname varchar ,
in attrNval varchar );

Description

This function takes odd number of parameters and creates vector which corresponds to a head of a XML element. The first parameter is a tag name of the head. The remaining parameters are optional. Each even parameter is a name of an attribute, each next odd parameter is a value of this attribute. If two or more attributes have the same name, the head would have only the last pair.

Parameters

tagname

The tag name of the head

attrIname

The name of the I-th attribute

attrIval

The value of the I-th attribute

Errors

Table24.121.Errors signalled by xte_head

SQLState Error Code Error Text Description
42000 XTE01 Function xte_head should have an odd number of parameters

Examples

Example24.487.Simple Use

The xte_head() call below takes three strings

xte_head ('supplier', 'CompanyName', 'Seller' )

and produces the result vector which corresponds the following head of a XML element:

<supplier CompanyName="Seller">