5 Tutorial: The XQuery Update Facility


DataDirect XQuery supports the XQuery Update Facility 1.0 (XUF). XUF is an extension of the XQuery language that allows making changes to data that are manipulated inside the XQuery.

This chapter describes how DataDirect XQuery supports XUF and provides examples for its use. For more details about the XUF specification, see the W3C Candidate Recommendation here:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/CR-xquery-update-10-20080801/

This chapter covers the following topics: