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Ordered and Unordered Expressions (XQuery) |
Learn about ordered and unordered expressions in XQuery. |
rothja |
jroth |
03/14/2017 |
sql |
xml |
reference |
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[!INCLUDE SQL Server Azure SQL Database]
By default, the ordering mode for all operations in [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] is ordered. Therefore, the node sequences returned by the path expressions and the FLWOR expressions, without the order by clause, are in document order.
The additional ordered and unordered syntax described in the XQuery specification is not supported.
XQuery Expressions
FLWOR Statement and Iteration (XQuery)
Path Expressions (XQuery)