Tamino supports two query languages, the Tamino specific X-Query (spoken X-dash-Query) and the new Tamino XQuery (without a "dash"), which follows the proposals of the W3C about XML query languages. XQuery is the W3C query language supported by Tamino to perform queries on XML objects and on non-XML objects. The form allows you to send XQuery commands to Tamino in order to retrieve database content.
See also: Query a Database with XQuery. For detailed information about XQuery, see XQuery 4 User Guide or the XQuery 4 Reference Guide.
The following elements are available on this form:
| Element | Description | Corresponding URL Parameter |
|---|---|---|
| Database URL | Specifies the database. See Database URL | databaseurl |
| Favorite | Saves the settings as favorite (only Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or higher). See Favorite | - |
| Collection | Specifies the collection to use. See Collection | collectionxmlq |
| Encoding | Specifies the character encoding. See Encoding | encodingxmlq |
| Pos. in Result | Specifies the index of the first document to be returned. | positionxmlq |
| Result size | Specifies the number of documents to be returned. Value needs to be 0 for XQuery update operations (insert, delete, rename, replace). | resultsizexmlq |
| Analysis | Analyzes the query. Possible values are:
|
explainxq |
| XQuery | Queries the database with W3C XQuery syntax. Allows to retrieve and update documents. | xmlquery |
| Query | Button to submit the query. | -runcmd=xquery |
| Help | Displays online documentation about this form. | - |