
admin:database-path-reference( $scalar-type as xs:string, $pathexpr as xs:string, $collation as xs:string? ) as element(db:path-reference)
This function creates a db:path-reference specification.
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| scalar-type | 
		    A valid type for the range index.  Must be one of:
		    int, unsignedInt,
		    long, unsignedLong,
		    float, double,
		    decimal, dateTime,
		    time, date,
		    gYearMonth, gYear,
		    gMonth, gDay,
	    yearMonthDuration, dayTimeDuration,
	    string, anyURI, or
	    point.
     | 
	  
| pathexpr | The path expression for the index. The should path should return true from cts:valid-index-path. | 
| collation | 
	      The collation URI (for example,
	      http://marklogic.com/collation/).  The collation
	      is only needed for string and anyURI indexes; for other indexes,
	      specify the empty string ("") for this parameter.
       | 
	  
xquery version "1.0-ml";
import module namespace admin = "http://marklogic.com/xdmp/admin"
      at "/MarkLogic/admin.xqy";
admin:database-path-reference("int", "/my/path[a=1]", "")
=>
<path-reference xmlns="http://marklogic.com/xdmp/database">
	<scalar-type>int</scalar-type>
	<path-expression>/my/path[a=1]</path-expression>
	<collation/>
</path-reference>