XQuery in BPEL PM 10.1.2

Hi!
I'm trying to run a simple XQuery script to manipulate some XML data from my BPEL process... However when i deploy the code I get the following error:
[bpelc] [Error ORABPEL-10071]: unresolved xpath function
[bpelc] [Description]: in line 74 of "D:\dev\SemesterAvgift\SemesterAvgift.bpel"
, could not resolve xpath function "", because function "ora:processXQuery" not registered.
Now I checked the xpath-functions.xml file for my domain, and there was no sign of anything XQuery there.. I also noticed that the Tutorial (115) for XQuery is missing from all my installations of BPEL PM..
Btw. the function is listed in the Designer function listing, and the ora namespace is set to xmlns:ora="http://schemas.oracle.com/xpath/extension"..
I'm using the OAS based BPEL PM 10.1.2..
What am I missing??

Please refer to the documentation on configuring a third party LDAP provider in the BPEL admin guide located here:
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B31017_01/integrate.1013/b28982/service_config.htm#BABHBEGH

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