Hi Erdal,

parse-xml() [1] returns a document-node, you need to get the root element. Try:

copy $x := <test a="b" c="d"></test>,
  $y := parse-xml('<o a="x" c="y"></o>')
modify (
  delete nodes $x/@*,
 insert  node $y/*/@* into $x
)
return $x

/Andy
[1] https://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions-30/#func-parse-xml

On 8 October 2016 at 18:28, Erdal Karaca <erdal.karaca.de@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I am trying to copy attributes of one node to another:

copy $x := <test a="b" c="d"></test>,

  $y := parse-xml('<o a="x" c="y"></o>')

modify (

  delete nodes $x/@*,

  insert nodes $y/@* into $x

)

return $x

Unfortunately, the resulting $x is an empty <test/> node. I expected it to have the attributes of the parsed node.

Am I using parse-xml() properly?

Thanks!