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| '''Summary'''
|Evaluates a query as updating expression. All updates will be added to the [[XQuery Update#Pending Update List|Pending Update List]] of the main query and performed after the evaluation of the main query.<br />The rules for all arguments are the same as for [[#xquery:eval{{Function||xquery:eval]]}}.
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| '''Errors'''
;Version 10
* Deleted: xquery:parse-uri (merged with [[#xquery:parse{{Function||xquery:parse]]}})* Updated: [[#xquery:parse{{Function||xquery:parse]]}}: {{$query}} can additionally be of type {{Code|xs:anyURI}}.
;Version 9.2
* Deleted: xquery:invoke, xquery:invoke-update (merged with [[#xquery:eval{{Function||xquery:eval]] }} and [[#xquery:eval-update{{Function||xquery:eval-update]]}})
;Version 9.0
* Added: [[#xquery:invoke-update{{Function||xquery:invoke-update]]}}* Updated: [[#xquery:eval{{Function||xquery:eval]]}}: {{Code|pass}} option added* Updated: [[#xquery:parse{{Function||xquery:parse]]}}, [[#xquery:parse-uri{{Function||xquery:parse-uri]]}}: {{Code|base-uri}} option added* Updated: xquery:update renamed to [[#xquery:eval-update{{Function||xquery:eval-update]]}}
* Updated: error codes updated; errors now use the module namespace
;Version 8.5
* Added: [[#xquery:fork-join{{Function||xquery:fork-join]]}}* Updated: [[#xquery:eval{{Function||xquery:eval]]}}: {{Code|base-uri}} option added
* Updated: Relative URIs will always be resolved against the static base URI of the query
* Deleted: xquery:type (moved to [[Profiling Module]])
;Version 8.4
* Added: [[#xquery:parse-uri{{Function||xquery:parse-uri]]}}* Updated: [[#xquery:parse{{Function||xquery:parse]]}}: {{Code|pass}} option added
;Version 8.0
* Added: xquery:update, [[#xquery:parse{{Function||xquery:parse]]}}
* Deleted: xquery:evaluate (opened databases will now be closed by main query)
;Version 7.8
* Added: [[#xquery:evaluate{{Function||xquery:evaluate]]}}
* Updated: used variables must be explicitly declared in the query string.
This module was introduced with Version 7.3. Functions have been adopted from the obsolete Utility Module.