MarkLogic 10 Product Documentation
admin.databaseFieldReference

admin.databaseFieldReference(
   scalar-type as String,
   fieldname as String,
   collation as String?
) as element(db.fieldReference)

Summary

This function creates a db:field-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`.
fieldname	The name of the field.
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.databaseFieldReference("int", "myIntegerField", "")
=>

<fieldReference xmlns="http://marklogic.com/xdmp/database">
	<scalarType>int</scalarType>
	<fieldName>myIntegerField</fieldName>
	<collation/>
</fieldReference>

MarkLogic 10 Product Documentationadmin.databaseFieldReference

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admin.databaseFieldReference