Re: creation order vs. document order

Hi again,

On September 23 (16:34 +0200), Jan Hidders wrote with possible deletions:
| [...]
| I don't think that answers my question. This says something about the
| order of the nodes but nothing about their order in document order: it
| is still quite possible that Value2 precedes Value1 in document order.
| It all depends on where in the universe of all created fragment newly
| created nodes are placed when they are created.

Aha, now I realize where are you getting at.  I got distracted by your
FLWR block, I guess.  ;-)

If your question concerns the creation of ``free standing'' nodes
(like the <c> nodes in your original query), then the XQuery and XPath
Data Model Document might help:

   3.2 Document Order
   [...]

   The relative order of free-standing nodes (elements, attributes,
   and other nodes created outside the context of a particular
   document) is also implementation-dependent but stable.


Greetings,
   --Teggy

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