Dear BaseXers, i've got a result from an XQuery that i don't understand and am looking for insight and guidance. i've got a collection called 'Squibble' with three documents in it. They are listed below. The query for $rcrd in collection( 'Squibble' )//record where $rcrd/*[1] = <contentChannel><String>email</String></contentChannel> return $rcrd returns record elements from the first *two* documents. This is surprising to me because the first child of the first record element in the first document is <contactMeUsing>...</contactMeUsing>, not <contentChannel>...</contentChannel>. i was expecting it to return just the record element from the second document. i confess, i don't know anything about XQuery. So, it could be that i don't understand how the where clause is supposed to work. Any clues would be most appreciated. i'm running my tests using - BaseX 6.6 - on Mac OS X 10.6.7 Best wishes, --greg <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <record> <contactMeUsing> <String>email</String> </contactMeUsing> <String>{"com.biosimilarity.lift.model.store.MonadicTermTypes_-Ground":{"v":{"@class":"string","$":"for the win Mikail.Mauz@gmail.com "},"_-outer":{"@class ":"com.biosimilarity.lift.model.store.PersistedMonadicTS$TheMTT$"}}}</String> </record> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <record> <contentChannel> <String>email</String> </contentChannel> <String>{"com.biosimilarity.lift.model.store.MonadicTermTypes_-Ground":{"v":{"@class":"string","$":"for the get Donald.Duque@yahoo.com "},"_-outer":{"@class ":"com.biosimilarity.lift.model.store.PersistedMonadicTS$TheMTT$"}}}</String> </record> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <record> <phone> <var>cell</var> </phone> <String>{"com.biosimilarity.lift.model.store.MonadicTermTypes_-Ground":{"v":{"@class ":"string","$":"2xx.6xx.3xxx"},"_-outer":{"@class ":"com.biosimilarity.lift.model.store.PersistedMonadicTS$TheMTT$"}}}</String> </record> -- L.G. Meredith Managing Partner Biosimilarity LLC 7329 39th Ave SW Seattle, WA 98136 +1 206.650.3740 http://biosimilarity.blogspot.com