# Information on xpath query

**URL:** <https://community.bloomreach.com/t/information-on-xpath-query/1141>\
**Category:** Experience Manager (PaaS/OnPrem)\
**Created:** [June 3, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/information-on-xpath-query/1141 "2019-06-03T18:09:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Rahul\_Raj](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.bloomreach.com/rahul_raj/32/329_2.png) [@Rahul\_Raj](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/Rahul_Raj)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/information-on-xpath-query/1141/1 "2019-06-03T18:09:07Z")

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Hi Team,

Can you please confirm if repository xpath query supports ‘starts-with’ and ‘ens-with’ function? I am trying “//\*[starts-with(., ‘test’)]” and it is giving me “javax.jcr.query.InvalidQueryException: Unsupported function: starts-with”?

Thanks  
Rahul

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**Author:** ![Rahul\_Raj](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.bloomreach.com/rahul_raj/32/329_2.png) [@Rahul\_Raj](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/Rahul_Raj)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/information-on-xpath-query/1141/2 "2019-06-04T13:59:51Z")

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Can i get some help here?

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**Author:** ![kenan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.bloomreach.com/kenan/32/32_2.png) [@kenan](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/kenan)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/information-on-xpath-query/1141/3 "2019-06-04T14:13:28Z")

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jcr contains in combination with \*

[https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/spec/jcr/1.0/6.6.5.2\_jcr\_contains\_Function.html](https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/spec/jcr/1.0/6.6.5.2_jcr_contains_Function.html)

[http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod\_mbox/jackrabbit-users/201006.mbox/\<4C08FDF7.6010700@randdss.com\>](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/jackrabbit-users/201006.mbox/%3C4C08FDF7.6010700@randdss.com%3E)

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**Author:** ![woonsanko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@woonsanko](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/woonsanko)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/information-on-xpath-query/1141/4 "2019-06-05T13:37:56Z")

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> [@Rahul\_Raj](#):
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> Can you please confirm if repository xpath query supports ‘starts-with’ and ‘ens-with’ function? I am trying “//\*[starts-with(., ‘test’)]” and it is giving me “javax.jcr.query.InvalidQueryException: Unsupported function: starts-with”?

It is known to be less performant than the full text search with `jcr:contains`, but `jcr:like` is the equivalent operation to that. e.g, `[jcr:like(@title, 'test%')]`.

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**Author:** ![Rahul\_Raj](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.bloomreach.com/rahul_raj/32/329_2.png) [@Rahul\_Raj](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/Rahul_Raj)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/information-on-xpath-query/1141/5 "2019-06-06T02:49:06Z")

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Thank you so much. It worked.