This module contains [[Querying#Functions|XQuery functions]] for handling databases from within XQuery. Existing databases can be opened and listed, index structures can be directly accessed, documents can be added to and removed from collections, etc. All functions are introduced with the {{Mono|db:}} prefix, which is linked to the {{Mono|http://www.basex.org/modules/db}} namespace.
A [[Database Functions Module (Snapshot)|preview page]] contains all functions offered by the [http://files.basex.org/releases/latest/ latest stable snapshot].
=General Functions=