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server on Mac OS X?
by C. M. Sperberg-McQueen 17 Sep '11

17 Sep '11

I'm a little by confused by the documentation at http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Startup I think I'm confused in two ways. First, I seem to be unclear on the similarities and differences among the various top-level programs that seem to be runnable. (I've never run anything but the GUI, or felt the need to do so until now, but I'm trying to figure out how to use the BaseX server in a Web application.) Is there any guide to how these things differ from each other? Second, the document says there are several different ways to start the BaseX server: > • Double click on the BaseX Server (Start) icon. This will also start the JAX-RX server. > • Run one of the basexserver/basexserver.bat scripts > • Execute the command java -cp BaseX.jar org.basex.BaseXServer I'm confused because - I don't see any icon labeled "BaseX Server (Start)". - Neither Spotlight (the Mac OS X file-system search) nor 'find' is able to locate any directory named 'basexserver' in or near the place where I installed BaseX. Running the 'java' command from the command line does seem to work (at least, it produces the message "Server was started"). Is the BaseX Server (Start) icon provided for some but not all operating systems / in some but not all downloads? Or did I screw up the installation and not do it right? The document http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Start_Scripts seems to suggest that the scripts are expected to be part of a Mac OS X installation as well as a Linux and Windows installation. What I downloaded was BaseX671.dmg, and all I found to install there was BaseX.app, which does not, as far as I have been able to tell, include any shell scripts. Perhaps the download packages have been prepared on the assumption that those who want to run the server separately from the GUI will download the platform-independent package? I'll be grateful for any light anyone can shed on this. Thanks! -- **************************************************************** * C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, Black Mesa Technologies LLC * http://www.blackmesatech.com * http://cmsmcq.com/mib * http://balisage.net ****************************************************************

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Re: [basex-talk] basex-api project
by Michael Seiferle 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

Sorry Lukas, I misread a 7 for a 1, it should indeed be Version 2.1.2 of the maven-source-plugin, I just fixed the fix, s/o will merge it soon I guess :) Am 16.09.2011 um 16:15 schrieb Lukas Lewandowski: > Could not calculate build plan: Failure to find org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-source-plugin:pom:2.7.2 inhttp://repo1.maven.org/maven2 was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of central has elapsed or updates are forced

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basex-api project
by Lukas Lewandowski 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

Hey, I checked out the latest sources from github (basex and basex-api). In eclipse basex works fine, but eclipse shows errors when building basex-api. The maven container isn't initialized correctly. some error from the output: 16.09.11 12:07:15 MESZ: Maven Builder: FULL_BUILD requireFullBuild 16.09.11 12:07:15 MESZ: [WARN] 16.09.11 12:07:15 MESZ: [WARN] Some problems were encountered while building the effective model for org.basex:basex-api:jar:6.8-SNAPSHOT 16.09.11 12:07:15 MESZ: [WARN] 'build.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin is missing. @ line 106, column 15 16.09.11 12:07:15 MESZ: [WARN] 'build.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin is missing. @ line 118, column 15 16.09.11 12:07:15 MESZ: [WARN] 'build.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin is missing. @ line 114, column 15 16.09.11 12:07:15 MESZ: [WARN] 16.09.11 12:07:15 MESZ: [WARN] It is highly recommended to fix these problems because they threaten the stability of your build. 16.09.11 12:07:15 MESZ: [WARN] 16.09.11 12:07:15 MESZ: [WARN] For this reason, future Maven versions might no longer support building such malformed projects. I tried it on my mac (lion, maven 3.0) and on ubuntu. Any ideas? thanks in advance! Lukas

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6.8 vs. 6.7.1 http:send-request
by Kevin S. Clarke 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Hi, I'm using 6.7.1 but thought I'd check out the current 6.8 head from github. With 6.7.1, I can put an https URL in a http:send-request() call and it works fine, but trying this with the 6.8 version, I'm told "[FOHC0001] An HTTP error occurred: Invalid URL." If I change the URL to 'http' though it works. I'm just interested in experimenting with the json functions. Is there something I have to do differently in 6.8 to send an HTTPS request? Thanks, Kevin

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serialize and parse extension functions
by Leigh L. Klotz Jr 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Does BaseX support serialize and parse XPath 2.0 extension functions, for parsing text content as XML and serializing to string? I didn't see them in http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Utility_Functions Leigh.

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how to pass serialization params to file:write
by Kevin S. Clarke 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Hi, I'm having difficulty locating the proper syntax to pass to file:write(). The documentation says: $serializer-params as node()* but what does that element look like? <output method="text"/> or <serialization method="text"/> or <serialization method="xml" cdata-section-elements="div"/> or something else? I see I can set those as options in the XQuery itself too, but I'd like to figure out what I'm doing wrong. Thanks, Kevin

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BaseX 6.8: Status Quo
by Christian Grün 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

Hi all, here at BaseX, we're more than busy to get our next release finished... which will contain a real bunch of new features: - the database store will also support binary (or "raw") files - the new WebDAV API can be used to store files similar to a file system - WebDAV will also provide a tight coupling to the oXygen editor - JAX-RX will be replaced with a native, better integrated REST API - the JSON module in XQuery converts JSON documents to XML and back - all XML documents can be serialized to JSON, using the JSON-ML standard - the SQL module facilitates the access to relational databases from XQuery - the new EXPath Crypto package supports cryptographic operations Some of the features are already documented in our Wiki (http://docs.basex.org/) Just search for "6.8" and you'll get more information. Next, many of the features are already found in our GitHub repository. As an example, BaseX is now disconnected from JAX-RX, and the starter class for both the REST and WebDAV services is now called BaseXHTTP. Keeping you updated; thanks all for your support, Christian ___________________________ BaseX Team Christian Grün Uni KN, Box 188 D-78457 Konstanz http://www.basex.org

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Problem in inserting xml declaration while adding a doc into a collection
by Murthy Raju 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

Hi, I am newbie to Basex. I am trying to connect to BaseXJAXRX server from python and trying to add a document along with its xml declaration to a collection. The XML declaration is not getting stored. Here is the code snippet: ---- xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><Message><Product><Reference>2233</Reference><Product></Message>' session = BaseXClient.Session(settings.BASEX_SERVER_IP, settings.BASEX_SERVER_PORT, settings.BASEX_SERVER_USER,settings.BASEX_SERVER_USER) session.execute('SET DBPATH '+ settings.XMLDB_FOLDER) session.execute('OPEN ' + settings.XMLDB_NAME) session.add("2233.xml", "", etree.tostring(xml, encoding="utf-8", xml_declaration=True)) input = "declare option output:omit-xml-declaration 'no'; collection('" + settings.XMLDB_NAME + "')//Message[//Reference='2233']" query = session.query(input) query.init() while query.more(): product = query.next() print product session.close() ---- 'print product' results in the following: <Message><Product><Reference>2233</Reference><Product></Message> How do I ensure that the XML declaration is also stored? Is omit-xml-declaration the answer? How do I set it while running "add" on BasexClient.Session? Thanks Murthy Raju

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BaseX steps for Calabash?
by Florent Georges 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Hi, Has anyone ever thought about writing extension steps for Calabash, in order to evaluate queries using BaseX? Using either the standalone processor, or to send queries to the server. Regards, -- Florent Georges http://fgeorges.org/ http://h2oconsulting.be/

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SET textindex / attrindex switched around
by Daniël Knippers 29 Aug '11

29 Aug '11

@version 6.7.1 Good evening, Small bug-report: I noticed something odd with the SET command when connected as a client: > set attrindex Full-Text Index: OFF > set textindex Attribute Index: OFF In other words; when I want to change the value of 'attrindex' the reponse mentions the Full-Text Index, whereas trying to change 'textindex' seems to actually change the Attribute Index. -- Daniël

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