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title: "Comments in XQuery | Microsoft Docs"
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# Comments in XQuery
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  You can add comments to XQuery. The comment strings are added by using the "`(:`" and "`:)`" delimiters. For example:  
  
```  
declare @x xml  
set @x=''  
SELECT @x.query('  
(: simple query to construct an element :)  
<ProductModel ProductModelID="10" />  
')  
```  
  
 Following is another example in which a query is specified against an Instruction column of the **xml** type:  
  
```  
SELECT Instructions.query('  
(: declare prefix and namespace binding in the prolog. :)  
     declare namespace AWMI="https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/07/adventure-works/ProductModelManuInstructions";  
  (: Following expression retrieves the <Location> element children of the <root> element. :)  
  /AWMI:root/AWMI:Location  
') as Result  
FROM Production.ProductModel  
where ProductModelID=7  
```