This topic describes XQuery expressions.

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Primary Expressions (XQuery)
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Describes XQuery primary expressions. These include literals, variable references, context item expressions, constructors, and function calls.
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Path Expressions (XQuery)
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Describes XQuery path expressions. These locate nodes, such as element, attribute, and text, in a document.
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Sequence Expressions (XQuery)
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Describes XQuery operators to work with sequences of numbers.
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Arithmetic Expressions (XQuery)
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Describes using arithmetic expressions in XQuery.
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Comparison Expressions (XQuery)
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Describes the comparison expressions supported by XQuery. That is, the general, value, node comparison, and node type comparison expressions.
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Logical Expressions (XQuery)
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Describes XQuery support for the logical and and or operators.
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XML Construction (XQuery)
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Describes XQuery constructors that allow you to construct XML within a query.
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FLWOR Statement and Iteration (XQuery)
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Describes the FLOWR iteration syntax. This stands for FOR, LET, WHERE, ORDER BY, and RETURN. LET is not supported.
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Ordered and Unordered Expressions (XQuery)
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Describes the ordering mode for XQuery operations. By default, the ordering mode is set to ordered.
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Conditional Expressions (XQuery)
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Describes XQuery support for the conditional if-then-else statement.
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Quantified Expressions (XQuery)
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Describes the existential and universal quantifiers in XQuery.
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SequenceType Expressions (XQuery)
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Describes the SequenceType syntax in XQuery.
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Validate Expressions (XQuery)
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The validate expression is not supported.

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