Reference: XQuery

Tamino supports two query languages, the Tamino specific X-Query (spoken X-dash-Query) and the new Tamino XQuery (without a "dash"), which follows the proposals of the W3C about XML query languages. XQuery is the W3C query language supported by Tamino to perform queries on XML objects and on non-XML objects. The form allows you to send XQuery commands to Tamino in order to retrieve database content.

See also: Query a Database with XQuery. For detailed information about XQuery, see XQuery 4 User Guide or the XQuery 4 Reference Guide.

The following elements are available on this form:

Element Description Corresponding URL Parameter
Database URL Specifies the database. See Database URL databaseurl
Favorite Saves the settings as favorite (only Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or higher). See Favorite -
Collection Specifies the collection to use. See Collection collectionxmlq
Encoding Specifies the character encoding. See Encoding encodingxmlq
Pos. in Result Specifies the index of the first document to be returned. positionxmlq
Result size Specifies the number of documents to be returned. Value needs to be 0 for XQuery update operations (insert, delete, rename, replace). resultsizexmlq
Analysis Analyzes the query. Possible values are:
  • none: No analysis

  • Default: Default analysis of the query using the query processing instruction {?explain?}

explainxq
XQuery Queries the database with W3C XQuery syntax. Allows to retrieve and update documents. xmlquery
Query Button to submit the query. -runcmd=xquery
Help Displays online documentation about this form. -