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With {{Version|9.0}}, The root element may be bound to the optional REST namespace of the root element has become optional.This means, for example, that existing Existing command scripts can be sent to the server without any modifications:
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* {{Code|query}}: Evaluate an XQuery expression. If a database or database path is specified in the URL, it is used as initial query context.
* {{Code|command}}: Execute a single [[Commands|database command]].
* {{Code|run}}: Evaluate an XQuery file or command script located on the server. The file path is resolved against the directory specified by <code>[[Options#WEBPATH{{Option|RESTPATH]]</code> }} (before, it was resolved against <code>[[Options#WEBPATH{{Option|WEBPATH]]</code>}}).
; Examples
The name of the root element determines how the body will be evaluated:
* {{Code|commands}} (new since {{Version|9.0}}): Run [[Commands#Command Scripts|Command Script]]
* {{Code|query}}: Execute XQuery expression
* {{Code|run}}: Run server-side file (query or command script)
* {{Code|command}}: Execute single command
* Create an empty database and return database information:
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* Bind value to the {{Code|$person}} variable and run query <code>find-person.xq</code>, which must be located in the directory specified by <code>[[Options#WEBPATH{{Option|WEBPATH]]</code>}}:
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;Version 9.0
* Added: Support for command scripts in the [[#POST Method|POST_MethodPOST Method]].* Updated: The REST namespace in the [[#POST Method|POST_MethodPOST Method]] has become optional.
;Version 8.1
* Added: Support for input-specific content-type parameters
* Updated: The [[#GET Method|run operation]] now resolves file paths against the [[Options#RESTPATH{{Option|RESTPATH]] }} option.
;Version 8.0
