xquery - How to do a multiple term search within an element -

i attempting search checks each word within query string contained within specific element. example, if $query = "sports stripes" specific element must contain 3 words (in order, not phrase).

to restrict search element have following constraint:

        <constraint name="inelement">             <word>                 <element ns="" name="myelement"/>                 <term-option>case-insensitive</term-option>             </word>         </constraint> 

this seems okay, struggling when comes put in search:search. first attempted this:

search:search('inelement:spots stripes', $options, 1, 25) 

this did not work restricts "spots" element.

i tried following, me results need wondering if way achieve or if there way such using operator in-between search terms.

search:search('inelement:spots inelement:with inelement:stripes', $options, 1, 25) 

is there better way? or manually have parse querystring separate them in individual words before adding constraint search:search?

to apply constraint across whitespace, use quotes.

inelement:"spots stripes" 

with default parser return single element-word term. break term words, write custom parser function. there example @ http://docs.marklogic.com/guide/search-dev/search-api#id_49750

you may want cts:near-query ensure 3 words in same element. , may need enable element-word-positions in database configuration.