Method and XQuery builder for dynamically generating an XQuery

摘要

A method and an XQuery Builder are provided for dynamically generating an XQuery for an XML database (1) storing a plurality of non-XML documents (10), each non-XML document having a corresponding shadow XML document (20) in the XML database (1), comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of static units (30, 33) of XQuery code, the static units (30, 33) being predefined in accordance with the non-XML documents (10).
- combining the one or more static units (30, 33) with dynamic input (32) from a user to generate the XQuery.