Query to search for an attribute in the whole hierarchy

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Hi all,
I have the following query:

for $a in input()/DataRoot/Request
where $a/@id=12345678
return $a

This query retrieves all Request-elements where the id is 12345678.

But what if I’d like to search for this id in the whole DataRoot-element and its children, and children of them and so on? Is there any query to search for a certain attribute in the whole hierarchy?

Thanks in advance,
Hoscha

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Solved it! Here’s the solution:

for $a in input()/DataRoot/descendant::Request
where $a/@id=12345678
return $a