[xquery-talk] What is XQuery?

[Michael Kay]

"XQuery from the Experts"

https://www.amazon.com/XQuery-Experts-Guide-Query-Language/dp/0321180607

A bit dated (2003), and probably only available second-hand, but there's a lot of material on the concepts and purpose and role of the language rather than just a tutorial or a reference manual.

If you want a textbook to learn the language, on the other hand, Priscilla Walmsley is excellent:

https://www.amazon.com/XQuery-Search-Across-Variety-Data/dp/1491915102

There's also a Michael Rys book but I haven't read it.

Michael Kay
Saxonica



> On 3 Mar 2018, at 14:14, Benito van der Zander <benito at benibela.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> occasionally I am asked, "What is XQuery? Why is it useful? Are there any examples?", so I send the people to https://www.w3.org/TR/xquery/ and they have trouble understanding it...
> 
> So what are the best books and tutorials about XPath/XQuery for beginners ?
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Benito
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