This page is not meant to replace an XQuery tutorial or book – it shows some examples of the individual XQuery standards and extensions that are supported by MXQuery. Please also check the the links to relevant standard documents on the left side bar.

XQuery 1.0

• helloWorld.xq: Very simple Hello World example
• flowr.xq: FLWOR expression

Run as: java -jar ../dist/mxquery.jar -f <query.xq>

• schema.xq: XML Schema import & Module Import (see schema-mod.xq, schema.xsd, schema2.xsd)

Run as: java -jar ../dist/mxquery.jar -sa -f schema.xq

• external.xq: using command line settings for serializer, external variable and static context

Run as java -jar ../dist/mxquery.jar -e ext=books.xml -e.:=”<context123/>” -s omit-xml-declaration=true -c boundary-space=preserve -f external.xq

XQuery 1.1

• window.xq: Simple Window query
• try_catch.xq: Error recovery

Run as: java -jar ../dist/mxquery.jar -11m -f <query.xq>

XQuery Update Facility 1.0

• update.xq: transform/copy statement with update+output
• inserttest.xq: Insert element into document, update file (no output, just modified file)

Run as: java -jar ../dist/mxquery.jar -um -x -f <query.xq>

XPath/XQuery Fulltext 1.0

• fulltext.xq: Simple full text example

Run as java -jar ../dist/mxquery.jar -fm -f fulltext.xq

XQuery Scripting 1.0

• mixed_sequence.xq: Mixing updating and regular/simple expressions
• bubblesort.xq: “Imperative XQuery”: while, blocks and assignment

Run as java -jar ../dist/mxquery.jar -sm -x -f <query.xq>

Web Service Support

(Check the provided tutorial for detailed information)

• GoogleSearch.xq: High-Level SOAP call to Google Search API
• Low_Level_SOAP_Call_Google_Spelling.xq: Low-Level SOAP call to Google corrections API
• A_Web Service_Mashup.xq: Composition of two SOAP based web services, a spell checker service and a dictionary service

• REST_GET.xq: RESTful web service, example for the ‘GET’ verb in HTTP
• REST_POST.xq: RESTful web service, example for the ‘POST’ verb HTTP

Run as: java -jar ../dist/mxquery.jar -f <query.xq>

• MashupExpose.xq: exposes a web service mashup (from the example in A_Web Service_Mashup.xq) as a web service on its own (bundled in MXQuery.war)
• mod.xquery: Module to export as SOAP (bundled in MXQuery.war)