XML/XQuery/group
Grouping by department
File: Data.xml
<inventory id="inv0001" date="2008-12-19" loc="USA">
<car model="A" id="0001" quantity="1" color="navy"/>
<car model="B" id="0002" quantity="1"/>
<car model="B" id="0003" quantity="2"/>
<car model="C" id="0004" quantity="1" color="white"/>
<car model="A" id="0001" quantity="1" color="black"/>
</inventory>
File: Query.xquery
for $d in distinct-values(doc("Data.xml")//car/@model)
let $cars := doc("Data.xml")//car[@model = $d]
order by $d
return <department code="{$d}">{
for $i in $cars
order by $i/@id
return $i
}</department>
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<department code="A">
<car model="A" id="0001" quantity="1" color="navy"/>
<car model="A" id="0001" quantity="1" color="black"/>
</department>
<department code="B">
<car model="B" id="0002" quantity="1"/>
<car model="B" id="0003" quantity="2"/>
</department>
<department code="C">
<car model="C" id="0004" quantity="1" color="white"/>
</department>
Grouping in XQuery
File: Data.xml
<!-- car order docuCt -->
<order>
<car dept="A">
<number>1</number>
<name>name 1</name>
</car>
<car dept="B">
<number>2</number>
<name>name 2</name>
</car>
<car dept="B">
<number>3</number>
<name>name 3</name>
</car>
<car dept="C">
<number>4</number>
<name>name 4</name>
</car>
</order>
File: Query.xquery
for $d in distinct-values(doc("Data.xml")//car/@dept)
return
<result dept="{$d}"
count="{count(doc("Data.xml")//car[@dept = $d])}"/>
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<result count="1" dept="A"/>
<result count="2" dept="B"/>
<result count="1" dept="C"/>