unordered function
File: Data.xml <order> <car dept="A"> <number>1</number> <name language="en">name 1</name> </car> <car dept="B"> <number>2</number> <name language="en">name 2</name> </car> <car dept="B"> <number>3</number> <name language="en">name 3</name> </car> <car dept="C"> <number>4</number> <name language="en">name 4</name> </car> </order> File: Query.xquery unordered { let $doc := doc("Data.xml") return $doc//(number|name) } Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <number>1</number> <name language="en">name 1</name> <number>2</number> <name language="en">name 2</name> <number>3</number> <name language="en">name 3</name> <number>4</number> <name language="en">name 4</name>