Adding a let clause
File: Data.xml <order> <car model="A"> <id>0001</id> <name language="en">name 1</name> <colorChoices>navy black</colorChoices> </car> <car model="B"> <id>0002</id> <name language="en">name 2</name> </car> <car model="B"> <id>0003</id> <name language="en">name 3</name> </car> </order> File: Query.xquery for $car in doc("Data.xml")/order/car let $name := $car/name where $car/@model = "B" order by $name return $name Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <name language="en">name 2</name> <name language="en">name 3</name>