Name
document — Returns data from XML documents other than the main source document.
Synopsis
node-set document ( |
document_uri varchar , |
| base_uri varchar , | |
| parser_mode integer , | |
| content_encoding varchar , | |
| content_language varchar , | |
dtd_validator_config varchar
); |
Description
The function tries to access an XML text at location specified
by document_uri and
optionally base_uri . On
success, it parses the text and returns the root entity of the "XML
Tree" document; the result is identical to the entity created by
xtree_doc() Virtuoso/PL function.
If the document_uri
argument is node-set, not a string, then a node-set is returned as
if document() function is applied to string-value of every node of
the node-set.
Note that the list of attributes of the function differs from specified in XSLT 1.0 standard. In XPATH 1.0, there is no such function at all.
Parameters
document_uri
An absolute or relative URI that points to a well formed XML or
HTML document. If the URI is relative, then the base_uri must be specified.
base_uri
The URI that is used to resolve all relative URIs (i.e. to convert them into absolute in order to locate and load subdocuments) and to change 'local' absolute references to relative when in HTML mode.
parser_mode
0, 1 or 2; 0 - XML parser mode, 1 - HTML parser mode, 2 - 'dirty HTML' mode (with quiet recovery after any syntax error)
content_encoding
string with content encoding type of document; valid are 'ASCII', 'ISO', 'UTF8', 'ISO8859-1', 'LATIN-1' etc., defaults are 'UTF-8' for XML mode and 'LATIN-1' for HTML mode.
content_language
string with language tag of content of document; valid names are listed in IETF RFC 1766, default is 'x-any' (it means 'mix of words from various human languages')
dtd_validator_config
configuration string for DTD validator, default is "Include=ERROR IdCache=ENABLE" meaning that DTD should be read but validation should be disabled; errors on including subdocuments should be reported as errors and thus should abort the processing; a dictionary of element's IDs should be created in order to support XQuery 'pointer operator'. See Configuration Options of the DTD Validator for details.
Return Types
Node-set
Errors
Table24.140.Errors signalled by document()
| SQLState | Error Code | Error Text | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| XP001 | XPF09 | Too many arguments passed to XPATH function document() | The number of parameters may vary only from 1 to 6. |
| XP001 | XPF10 | XML entity or a string expected as \"base_uri\" argument of XPATH function document() | If presents, the second argument of the function must be either a string or an XML entity whose XML document has a suitable base URI. |
The function may signal variety of errors when it reads the requested document(s) from network or from local resources. It may even cause deadlocks e.g. if documents are retrieved from the Virtuoso's own webserver and these documents must be created on the fly from data that are locked by Virtuoso/PL procedure that invokes the XPATH processor.
Examples
Example24.579.Simple reading of a standalone XML document
Read a standalone document from http://www.example.com/sales/prices.xml
document("http://www.example.com/sales/prices.xml")
Example24.580.Simple reading of a non-standalone document
Read a non-standalone document from local mirror but access its subdocuments as if it is retrieved directly from 'http://www.example.com/sales/prices.xml', so e.g. the subdocument that is referenced as 'termsandconditions.xml' is retrieved from http://www.example.com/sales/termsandconditions.xml but not from http://webcache.localdomain/examplesales/termsandconditions.xml .
document("http://webcache.localdomain/examplesales/prices.xml", "http://www.example.com/sales/prices.xml")