Hi all, Im new on this project and am going to write, what i thought was a simple thing. A recursive function that writes nested xml elements in x levels (denoted by a variable). So far I have come up with this, but keeps getting a compile error. Please note that i have to generate new xml , not query existing xml:

    xquery version "1.0";

    declare function local:PrintTest($amount)
    {
      <test>
        {
        let $counter := 0
        if ($counter <= $amount )
           then local:PrintTest($counter)
           else return
        $counter := $counter +1
        }
      </test>
    };

local:PrintPerson(3)

My error is:

File Untitled1.xquery: XQuery transformation failed
    XQuery Execution Error!
Unexpected token - " ($counter <= $amount ) t"

I never understood xquery, and cant quite see why this is not working (is it just me or are there amazingly few resources on the Internet concerning XQuery?)