admin:database-get-field-value-positions( $config as element(configuration), $database-id as xs:unsignedLong, $field-name as xs:string ) as xs:boolean?
This function gets the field value positions setting for the specified database in the configuration.
http://marklogic.com/xdmp/privileges/admin/database
http://marklogic.com/xdmp/privileges/admin/database/{id}
xquery version "1.0-ml"; import module namespace admin = "http://marklogic.com/xdmp/admin" at "/MarkLogic/admin.xqy"; let $config := admin:get-configuration() return admin:database-get-field-value-positions($config, xdmp:database("myDatabase"), "my-field") (: returns the field value positions setting :)