MarkLogic 10 Product Documentation
admin.databaseElementReference

admin.databaseElementReference(
   scalar-type as String,
   namespace as String?,
   localname as String,
   collation as String?
) as element(db.elementReference)

Summary

This function greated a db:element-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`.
namespace	The namespace URI. Specify an empty string if the element is in no namespace.
localname	The local name for the node.
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.

Example

const admin = require('/MarkLogic/admin.xqy');
admin.databaseElementReference("int", "", "elementName", "")
=>

<elementReference xmlns="http://marklogic.com/xdmp/database">
	<scalarType>int</scalarType>
	<namespaceUri/>
	<localname>elementName</localname>
	<collation/>
</elementReference>

MarkLogic 10 Product Documentationadmin.databaseElementReference

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MarkLogic 10 Product Documentation
admin.databaseElementReference