MarkLogic 9 Product Documentation
admin:database-field-reference

admin:database-field-reference(
   $scalar-type as xs:string,
   $fieldname as xs:string,
   $collation as xs:string?
) as element(db:field-reference)

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



xquery version "1.0-ml";

import module namespace admin = "http://marklogic.com/xdmp/admin"
      at "/MarkLogic/admin.xqy";

admin:database-field-reference("int", "my-integer-field", "")
=>
<field-reference xmlns="http://marklogic.com/xdmp/database">
	<scalar-type>int</scalar-type>
	<field-name>my-integer-field</field-name>
	<collation/>
</field-reference>

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