Return element statement
File: Data.xml <order> <car model="A"> <id>0001</id> <name language="en">name 1</name> </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 $car in doc("Data.xml")//car return <car> <id>{$car/id}</id> <price>{for $price in doc("Data.xml")//prod where $car/id = $price/@id return $price/price}</price> </car> Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <car> <id> <id>0001</id> </id> <price/> </car> <car> <id> <id>0002</id> </id> <price/> </car> <car> <id> <id>0003</id> </id> <price/> </car>