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Questions about server protocol
by Sebastián Filippini 14 Apr '17

14 Apr '17

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello. This is my first post on this mailing list. I'm currently trying to create an Apache Camel component for using BaseX database. I have two questions about BaseX server protocol. 1) Does exist a command to test connection (eg. ping or echo)? 2) Can I trust in error message text for detecting error conditions? Best regards, Sebastián Filippini

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Characters allowed in database names
by Bram Vanroy 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

Hello, list Upon creating specific database names I came across the following issue: when creating a database named ''wrpee|advp|hd%bw" (without quotes) from the CREATE command I got the basic 'how to use CREATE' screen in my terminal. This would seem to indicate that my syntax is wrong, even though "CREATE DATABASE wrpee|advp|hd%bw C:\\sonar\\grinded\\WRPEE\\advp\\ advp|hd%bw.xml" is syntactically valid (two arguments for CREATE DATABASE). The issue seems to be in the database name. The pipe | is not allowed, it seems. When replaced by a dash "-" it works as expected. However, I cannot find this documented anywhere. Is it possible to make the error message more clear, e.g. 'invalid database name', or at least update the documentation on this? Which characters are allowed, and which aren't? Thanks in advance, Kind regards Bram Vanroy

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Is it possible to limit a BaseX server maximum memory consumption?
by Jacob Borisov 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

Hello. Is it possible to hardly limit a maximum memory consumption of a BaseX server instance process (something like a cache_size option in MongoDB) avoiding getting Java heap space errors simultaneously? Or, in the current implementation, it's required for the process to be able to allocate memory enough for storing a whole data set of the currently accessed database? Thanks.

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RESTXQ and URI-Parameters
by Peter Hinkelmanns 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

Dear all, I noticed, that the implementation of RestXQ in BaseX behaves differently compared to the implemation in eXist. If you have a simple API like declare %rest:path("/test/{$params1}/{$params2}") %rest:GET function test($params1 as xs:string*, $params2 as xs:string*) { <response> <p1>{$params1}</p1> <p2>{$params2}</p2> </response> }; And you call this Uri "/test/a/b;c=2" BaseX returns <response> <p1>a</p1> <p2>b</p2> </response> versus the response of eXist <response> <p1>a</p1> <p2>b;c=2</p2> </response> --> It seems to be not possible to pass Matrix URIs in BaseX over RestXQ right now. eXist would accept as well a call like "test/a;e;f=5/b;c=2". BaseX passes out at this point, because nothing after the first ; is evaluated and thus no matching RestXQ API can be found. My questions: -Is this a bug? -Is there a feature missing in the current implementation of RestXQ in BaseX? -Or is there an easy configuration for BaseX available, which will allow working with Matrix-Uri-Parameters and RestXQ? Thanks and bye Peter

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systemd basex.service ubuntu 16.04
by Stephen White 10 Apr '17

10 Apr '17

Does anyone have a working combination for launch basexhttp as a service using systemd? If not, what is the suggested method to auto launch on reboot. Cheers, Steve

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Re: [basex-talk] Basex with JSmooth
by Maximilian Gärber 10 Apr '17

10 Apr '17

Hi, you might need to check that all needed libs are on your classpath, the .bat does this with this line: set CP=%MAIN%/target/classes;%MAIN%/lib/*;%MAIN%/../basex-core/lib/* Replace %MAIN% with wathever JSmooth gives you as the project directory variable in such a way that e.g. %PROJECT%/target/classes will match your new setup. NOTE: * Please always post to the list as well, others might add valuable feedback anytime * If you include more infos, e.g. error messages, more people might be able to help Br, Max 2017-04-10 9:34 GMT+02:00 Tushar Deshmukh <tdlwala(a)gmail.com>: > Namaste Max, > > PFA a screen shot for making .exe file. I m not able to create it. > > I am not able to instantiate BaseXHTTP class in java also (after importing > org.basex.*;). Please what is going wrong. > > For normal user .exe file is more appropriate than yajsw. > > Mangal Bhavna Sahit, > Tushar > > On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Maximilian Gärber <mgaerber(a)arcor.de> > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> it is org.basex.BaseXHTTP >> >> just have a look at the start script: >> >> https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/blob/0f970efc419bc067bd03a66438177eb7f884d… >> >> Br, >> Max >> >> 2017-04-10 4:49 GMT+02:00 Tushar Deshmukh <tdlwala(a)gmail.com>: >> > Namaste, >> > >> > I want to start Basex HTTP server using Jsmooth >> > (I want to make .exe file from BasexHTTP.jar.) >> > I am not able to do so because which class is to be instantiate. Any >> > link/Help is appreciated. >> > >> > Mangal Bhavna Sahit, >> > Tushar > >

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Basex with JSmooth
by Tushar Deshmukh 10 Apr '17

10 Apr '17

Namaste, I want to start Basex HTTP server using Jsmooth (I want to make .exe file from BasexHTTP.jar.) I am not able to do so because which class is to be instantiate. Any link/Help is appreciated. Mangal Bhavna Sahit, Tushar

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server and/or web application up times
by Fabrice ETANCHAUD 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

Dear all, Is there a mean to obtain server and/or web application up times ? Best regards, Fabrice

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BaseX 8.6.3
by Christian Grün 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

Hi all, We have released a new patch version of BaseX. some minor bugs have been fixed [1], performance of iterative query evaluation has been improved, and a new fetch:xml-binary function is now available, which allows you to convert binary data (which may have an XML encoding declaration embedded) to XML [2]. Have fun, Christian [1] https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/commits/master [2] http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Fetch_Module#fetch:xml-binary

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Re: [basex-talk] Basex Docker Container: How to Control Options
by Christian Grün 05 Apr '17

05 Apr '17

Hi Eliot, Did you try to specify the option in the local section of the .basex file (at the bottom, after all other options)? Best, Christian Am 02.04.2017 10:52 schrieb "Eliot Kimber" <ekimber(a)contrext.com>: I’ve worked around the configuration file problem by setting the options on the Java command line by setting BASEX_JVM in my Dockerfile: ENV BASEX_JVM="-Dorg.basex.CHOP=false -Dorg.basex.CATFILE=/opt/dita-ot/DITA-OT/catalog-dita.xml -Dorg.basex.DTD=true -Dorg.basex.SKIPCORRUPT=true" That seems to work. I guess I could also set this environment variable in my docker-compose.yml file, although except for CATFILE, these are invariant for this application. Cheers, E. -- Eliot Kimber http://contrext.com On 4/1/17, 10:44 PM, "Eliot Kimber" <basex-talk-bounces@mailman. uni-konstanz.de on behalf of ekimber(a)contrext.com> wrote: Perhaps a more useful question is: is there a workaround for this? That is, I need to have the DTD, CATFILE, CHOP, and SKIPCORRUPT options set when I load files into a database, which I’m doing through the remote API. Is there either a separate options file that I should be using or a way to specify these options at document load time? Cheers, E. -- Eliot Kimber http://contrext.com On 4/1/17, 10:23 PM, "Eliot Kimber" <basex-talk-bounces@mailman. uni-konstanz.de on behalf of ekimber(a)contrext.com> wrote: I dug into the code and I think this is a code bug but I don’t understand the overall flow well enough to know where the bug is, but I suspect it’s a simple change. If I debug the BasexGUI class and have a ~/.basex file that includes CATFILE=foo it will fail with an unknown option error because the option class being used is StaticOptions and StaticOptions does not define CATFILE as an option. The CATFILE option, along with a few others, is defined on MainOptions: private static final Option<?>[] INHERIT = { CHOP, INTPARSE, STRIPNS, DTD, XINCLUDE, CATFILE }; Looking at BaseXHTTP it uses HTTPContext which only uses StaticOptions, not MainOptions, which means it can never allow the INHERIT options. So something must have changed from 8.1 ish to now to change how options are handled since these options worked before I moved to the latest BaseX container and versions. But there definitely seems to be an oversight in the initial handling of the options file in the BaseXHTTP server (and in the BaseXGUI as well since I get the same behavior there as well). I would make a pull request but I don’t presume to know what policies or general practices underlie the current options mechanism deisgn. Cheers, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber http://contrext.com On 3/26/17, 10:20 PM, "Eliot Kimber" <basex-talk-bounces@mailman. uni-konstanz.de on behalf of ekimber(a)contrext.com> wrote: I found my original mail thread from January 2016: https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/pipermail/basex-talk/2016- January/010171.html Basically I had to append my options to the existing .basex file rather than simply provide a file. However, that isn’t an option here because there is no existing /srv/.basex file (the place where the file needs to be). As an experiment I tried doing this: RUN touch /srv/.basex && \ echo "DTD=true" >> .basex && \ echo "CATFILE=/opt/dita-ot/DITA-OT/catalog-dita.xml" >> .basex && \ echo "SKIPCORRUPT=true" >> .basex && \ echo "CHOP=false" >> .basex && \ echo "DBPATH=/srv/BaseXData" >> .basex && \ echo "REPOPATH=/srv/BaseXRepo" >> .basex && \ echo "WEBPATH=/srv/BaseXWeb" >> .basex && \ chown basex /srv/.basex RUN echo "/srv/.basex:\n===========" && cat /srv/.basex && echo "=======" And I get this from the build command: /srv/.basex: =========== DTD=true CATFILE=/opt/dita-ot/DITA-OT/catalog-dita.xml SKIPCORRUPT=true CHOP=false DBPATH=/srv/BaseXData REPOPATH=/srv/BaseXRepo WEBPATH=/srv/BaseXWeb ======= When I start up this container I get this: /srv/.basex: Unknown option 'DTD'. /srv/.basex: Unknown option 'CATFILE'. /srv/.basex: Unknown option 'SKIPCORRUPT'. /srv/.basex: Unknown option 'CHOP'. /srv/.basex: writing new configuration file. Note that it’s only complaining about DTD, CATFILE, SKIPCORRUPT, and CHOP, but not DBPATH, REPOPATH, and WEBPATH. I tried reordering things, no difference in result (but the messages reflect the order change). So it must be something about how these particular options are processed rather than an issue with the .basex file, at least as far as I can see. Cheers, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber http://contrext.com On 3/26/17, 3:29 PM, "Eliot Kimber" <basex-talk-bounces@mailman. uni-konstanz.de on behalf of ekimber(a)contrext.com> wrote: Discovered that if I use USER root in the Dockerfile I have to then do USER basex before the end so that the container will be running as basex, otherwise it does not start up correctly. I also have to chown the /srv/.basex file to basex otherwise it can’t overwrite it on startup. Made some progress but something is still not working. I now have a Dockerfile based on basex/dba that results in a running system with the both the dba and my custom app runnable. However, if I then add this: COPY basex/dot_basex /srv/.basex As before, on startup I get this: docker run --name linkmgr-test -p 8984:8984 link-manager-test /srv/.basex: Unknown option 'CATFILE'. /srv/.basex: Unknown option 'DTD'. /srv/.basex: Unknown option 'SKIPCORRUPT'. /srv/.basex: Unknown option 'CHOP'. /srv/.basex: writing new configuration file. Creating /srv/BaseXWeb/WEB-INF/web.xml Creating /srv/BaseXWeb/WEB-INF/jetty.xml I think this Unknown option this is actually an issue with the file itself but I don’t recall what the exact cause and/or solution was. Cheers, E. -- Eliot Kimber http://contrext.com On 3/26/17, 1:40 PM, "Eliot Kimber" < basex-talk-bounces(a)mailman.uni-konstanz.de on behalf of ekimber(a)contrext.com> wrote: I’m trying to set up a Docker container with my own Web app using the latest official containers as a base and following the instructions in the latest BaseX docs. As part of this setup I need to add several additional options. I also want to include the dba app. Following the instructions in the docs I’m putting my additional options in /srv/.basex and these take effect. However, if I use the basex/dba image as a base, the other options, such as the custom REPOPATH and WEBPATH settings do not get used. It’s not clear to me from looking at the various Dockerfiles how the dba container sets the options and how I can then add to them without overwriting them. Of course I can duplicate the options in my Dockerfile but it seems like I should be able to add my options additively but I’m not seeing how to do it, so I feel I’m missing something. In my Dockerfile I have: COPY basex/dot_basex /srv/.basex If I don’t include this line then the container otherwise works in that my Web app is there but it requires these additional options in order to function properly. If I include it then the effective options reflect only my changes and not those required for the custom Web apps to work. Thanks, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber http://contrext.com

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