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For analyzing some data, I am currently trying to select an attribute in XQuery. Unfortunately, for some reason I can't select it.

Considering the example document

<myroot>
 <betweennode>
  <asd name="test">
   <asdasd/>
  </asd>
 </betweennode>
</myroot>

the XPath /myroot/betweennode/asd/@name regulary returns test, the XQuery

for $x in /myroot/betweennode/asd
return $x

returns 

<asd name="test">
   <asdasd/>
</asd>

but the XQuery

for $x in /myroot/betweennode/asd
return $x/@name

does not work (it returns 'ERROR - Cannot create an attribute node (name) whose parent is a document node' in http://www.xpathtester.com/xquery and '[SENR0001] Attributes cannot be serialized:attribute name {"testInitialize"}.' when I use BaseX and doc('mydoc.xml')/myroot/betweennode/asd in the for-statement).

Could anyone give me a hint why this doesn't work, and how selecting all attributes works in XQuery?

David Georg Reichelt
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You can't return attribute in XQuery. If you meant to return value of the attribute, try this way :

for $x in /myroot/betweennode/asd
return data($x/@name)
har07
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