( FOR $item IN document("items.xml")//item_tuple, $highbid IN document("bids.xml")//bid_tuple WHERE $item/itemno = $highbid/itemno AND $highbid/bid = ( LET $b := document("bids.xml")//bid_tuple/bid RETURN max($b) ) RETURN $item/itemno , $item/description , $highbid/bid )