Get collation information for a single node.

Related Syntax Constructs

The following construct(s) refer to this construct:

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Syntax

tf:getCollation(node $node) => string

Description

The function tf:getCollation is specific to Tamino. It takes a node as argument and returns the collation specification for that node as a string.

Argument

$node	either element or attribute node

Example

• Get collation information for the surname element:

  let $a := input()/patient/name/surname
  return tf:getCollation($a)

  The returned string reflects the default settings when no collation had been defined in the schema:

  http://www.softwareag.com/tamino/collation?language=en;strength=;caseFirst=;alternate=;caseLevel=;french=;normalization=

  The key-value pairs after the question mark correspond to what you can define in a tsd:collation schema element.

• Get all patient names that are compared as equal to "Müller":

  for $i in input()/patient/name
  where compare($i/surname, 'Müller', tf:getCollation($i/surname)) = 0
  return $i

  This query returns those name elements whose surname child element has a contents that is compared equal to the string "Müller" using the collation information for surname elements.