web-server/data/release/demo/WFS_transactionUpdateGeom.xml

<!--       YOU PROBABLY DO NOT WANT TO RUN THIS QUERY SINCE 
              IT WILL MODIFY YOUR SOURCE DATA FILES

     This will update one of the geometry fields in the tasmania_roads dataset.
     
     
-->
<wfs:Transaction service="WFS" version="1.0.0"
  xmlns:topp="http://www.openplans.org/topp"
  xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"
  xmlns:wfs="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"
  xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/wfs http://schemas.opengis.net/wfs/1.0.0/WFS-transaction.xsd">
  <wfs:Update typeName="topp:tasmania_roads">
    <wfs:Property>
      <wfs:Name>the_geom</wfs:Name>
      <wfs:Value>
        <gml:MultiLineString srsName="http://www.opengis.net/gml/srs/epsg.xml#4326">
          <gml:lineStringMember>
          	<gml:LineString>
            	<gml:coordinates>500000,5450000,0 540000,5450000,0</gml:coordinates>
          	</gml:LineString>
          </gml:lineStringMember>
        </gml:MultiLineString>
      </wfs:Value>
    </wfs:Property>
    <ogc:Filter>
      <ogc:FeatureId fid="tasmania_roads.1"/>
    </ogc:Filter>
  </wfs:Update>
</wfs:Transaction>