[Newbie] Can XQuery produce non-XML output?

[Costello, Roger L.]

Hi Folks,

Every time I run an XQuery, the output has an XML declaration at the top, even if the output is not XML, e.g.,

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
The ABC Book Store 
The Origin of Wealth / Eric D. Beinhocker / 2006 / 1-57851-777-X / Harvard Business School Press / 29.95 
DOM Scripting / Jeremy Keith / 2005 / 1-59059-533-5 / friends of ed / 34.99 
Guns, Germs, and Steel / Jared Diamond / 2005 / 0-393-06131-0 / W. W. Norton &amp; Company, Ltd. / 24.99 
Economics in One Lesson / Henry Hazlitt / 1946 / 0-517-54823-2 / Three Rivers Press / 11.00 
How to Read a Book / Mortimer J. Adler / 1940 / 0-671-21280-x / Simon &amp; Schuster, Inc. / 15.00 
Don't Make Me Think / Steve Krug / 2006 / 0-321-34475-8 / New Riders / 40.00 
Bulletproof Ajax / Jeremy Keith / 2007 / 0-321-47266-7 / New Riders / 34.99

Is there a way to specify in the XQuery the type of output (XML, text, HTML)? 

Is there a way to avoid the output having an XML declaration at the top?


/Roger