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XQuery is a query language for XML that is analogous to SQL for databases. It allows users to extract elements and attributes from XML documents by using path expressions, element constructors, and FLWOR expressions. XQuery shares a data model and functions with XPath and is supported by major databases as a standard recommended by the W3C for querying XML data.

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XQuery Notes

XQuery is a query language for XML that is analogous to SQL for databases. It allows users to extract elements and attributes from XML documents by using path expressions, element constructors, and FLWOR expressions. XQuery shares a data model and functions with XPath and is supported by major databases as a standard recommended by the W3C for querying XML data.

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XQuery

XQuery is to XML what SQL is to database tables.

XQuery is designed to query XML data - not just XML files, but anything that can appear
as XML, including databases.

What is XQuery?

 XQuery is the language for querying XML data


 XQuery for XML is like SQL for databases
 XQuery is built on XPath expressions
 XQuery is supported by all major databases
 XQuery is a W3C Recommendation

XQuery is a language for finding and extracting elements and attributes from XML
documents.

XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 share the same data model and support the same functions
and operators. If you have already studied XPath you will have no problems with
understanding XQuery.

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XQuery concepts
A query in XQuery is an expression that:

•reads a sequence of XML fragments or atomic values


•returns a sequence of XML fragments or atomic values

The principal forms of XQuery expressions are:

•path expressions
•element constructors
•FLWOR ("flower") expressions
•list expressions
•conditional expressions
•quantified expressions
•datatype expressions

Expressions are evaluated relative to a context:


•namespaces
•variables
•functions
•date and time
•context item (current node or atomic value)
•context position (in the sequence being processed)
•context size (of the sequence being processed)

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