Name
or — Returns true if a value of some argument is true, otherwise returns false.
Synopsis
boolean
or
(
|
val1 boolean , |
| val2 boolean , | |
| ... , | |
valN
boolean
); |
Description
This function calculates values of its arguments, from left to right. If the value of calculated parameter is true, the function returns true immediately, without calculating of the remaining parameters. If the list of arguments ends without any true value calculated, the function returns false (Thus it returns true when called without arguments).
The name of this function is the same as name of "or" XPATH and XQUERY operator. Thus it must be surrounded by double quotes when used in XPATH or XQUERY expressions. Moreover, this function is not a part of XPATH standard, so it cannot be used if portability is important.
Parameters
valI
Value of boolean expression argument
Return Types
boolean
Examples
Example 24.608. Control over sequence of search operations
If two conditions must be checked, where one is simple and another is hard to calculate, then "and" may be used to calculate second condition only if first is false, to reduce average time of processing
"or" ( empty(authors),
document(concat('http://www.lib20.org/findxml.cgi?isbn=',@isbn))/status[@outofprint='YES'] )