xquery-functions-on-nodes-local-name

          xs:string
        

Returns the local part of the name of

$arg

as an

that is either the zero-length string,

or has the lexical form of an. If the argument isn’t provided, the default is the

context node.

Node name whose local-name part is retrieved.

In SQL Server,

without an argument can only be used in the context of a

context-dependent predicate. Specifically, it can only be used inside brackets (

).

If the argument is supplied and is the empty sequence, the function returns the zero-

length string.

If the target node has no name, because it’s a document node, a comment, or a text

node, the function returns the zero-length string.

This article provides XQuery examples against XML instances that are stored in various

type columns in the AdventureWorks database.

xs:string xs:NCName fn:local-name()
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fn:local-name() as xs:string fn:local-name($arg as node()?) as xs:string