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+/*
+ * eXist-db Open Source Native XML Database
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 The eXist-db Authors
+ *
+ * info@exist-db.org
+ * http://www.exist-db.org
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+package org.exist.xquery.modules.sql;
+
+import com.evolvedbinary.j8fu.tuple.Tuple2;
+import org.exist.EXistException;
+import org.exist.dom.memtree.ElementImpl;
+import org.exist.security.PermissionDeniedException;
+import org.exist.source.Source;
+import org.exist.source.StringSource;
+import org.exist.storage.BrokerPool;
+import org.exist.storage.DBBroker;
+import org.exist.storage.txn.Txn;
+import org.exist.test.ExistEmbeddedServer;
+import org.exist.xquery.XPathException;
+import org.exist.xquery.XQueryContext;
+import org.exist.xquery.value.Sequence;
+import org.exist.xquery.value.Type;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static com.evolvedbinary.j8fu.tuple.Tuple.Tuple;
+import static org.exist.xquery.modules.sql.Util.executeQuery;
+import static org.exist.xquery.modules.sql.Util.withCompiledQuery;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * SQL Execute Integration Tests.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:adam@evolvedbinary.com">Adam Retter</a>
+ */
+public class ExecuteIT {
+
+    @Rule
+    public final ExistEmbeddedServer existEmbeddedServer = new ExistEmbeddedServer(true, true);
+
+    @Rule
+    public final H2DatabaseResource h2Database = new H2DatabaseResource();
+
+    @Test
+    public void executeResultsInSqlNS() throws EXistException, XPathException, PermissionDeniedException, IOException {
+        executeForNS(SQLModule.NAMESPACE_URI, SQLModule.PREFIX);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void executeResultsInCustomNS() throws EXistException, XPathException, PermissionDeniedException, IOException {
+        executeForNS("http://custom/ns", "custom");
+    }
+
+    private void executeForNS(final String namespace, final String prefix) throws EXistException, XPathException, PermissionDeniedException, IOException {
+        final String mainQuery =
+            "import module namespace sql = \"http://exist-db.org/xquery/sql\";\n" +
+                "let $conn := sql:get-connection(\"" + h2Database.getDriverClass().getName() + "\", \"" + h2Database.getUrl() + "\", \"" + h2Database.getUser() + "\", \"" + h2Database.getPassword() + "\")\n" +
+                "return\n" +
+                "    sql:execute($conn, \"SELECT 'Hello World' FROM DUAL;\", true(), \"" + namespace + "\", \"" + prefix + "\")";
+
+        final BrokerPool pool = existEmbeddedServer.getBrokerPool();
+        final Source mainQuerySource = new StringSource(mainQuery);
+        try (final DBBroker broker = pool.getBroker();
+             final Txn transaction = pool.getTransactionManager().beginTransaction()) {
+
+            final Tuple2<String, String> namespaceAndPrefix = withCompiledQuery(broker, mainQuerySource, mainCompiledQuery -> {
+                final XQueryContext mainQueryContext = mainCompiledQuery.getContext();
+
+                // execute the query
+                final Sequence result = executeQuery(broker, mainCompiledQuery);
+
+                // check that the namespace of the result element is in the 'sql' namespace
+                assertEquals(1, result.getItemCount());
+                assertTrue(result.itemAt(0) instanceof Element);
+                assertEquals(Type.ELEMENT, result.itemAt(0).getType());
+                final Element element = (ElementImpl) result.itemAt(0);
+
+                return Tuple(element.getNamespaceURI(), element.getPrefix());
+            });
+
+            assertEquals(namespace, namespaceAndPrefix._1);
+            assertEquals(prefix, namespaceAndPrefix._2);
+
+            transaction.commit();
+        }
+    }
+}