Examples

You can download all the numbered examples from the book or view them on this site using the chapter links below. Please note that the book contains many inline examples and informal tables that are not provided here.

In addition, the "useful functions" (FunctX) examples are available (with many others) at http://www.xqueryfunctions.com.

Chapter 1: Introduction to XQuery
Chapter 2: XQuery Foundations
Chapter 3: Expressions: XQuery Building Blocks
Chapter 4: Navigating XML by Using Paths
Chapter 5: Adding Elements and Attributes to Results
Chapter 6: Selecting and Joining Using FLWORs
Chapter 7: Sorting and Grouping
Chapter 8: Functions
Chapter 9: Advanced Queries
Chapter 10: Namespaces and XQuery
Chapter 11: A Closer Look at Types
Chapter 12: Prologs, Modules and Variables
Chapter 13: Inputs and Outputs
Chapter 14: Using Schemas with XQuery
Chapter 15: Static Typing
Chapter 16: Writing Better Queries
Chapter 17: Working with Numbers
Chapter 18: Working with Strings
Chapter 19: Regular Expressions
Chapter 20: Working with Dates, Times, and Durations
Chapter 21: Working with Qualified Names, URIs, and IDs
Chapter 22: Working with Other XML Constructs
Chapter 23: Function Items and Higher-Order Functions
Chapter 24: Maps, Arrays, and JSON
Chapter 25: Implementation-Specific Features
Chapter 26: XQuery for SQL Users
Chapter 27: XQuery for XSLT Users
Chapter 28: Additional XQuery-Related Standards
Appendix A: Built-in Function Reference
Appendix B: Built-in Types
Appendix C: Error Summary