Re: [basex-talk] db:open() - other ways to set context or declare the db?

On 05.11.2012, at 17:40, Colin McEnearney wrote:

Hi,

Using restxq, do all queries have to begin with db:open('web_app_db')//myquery/here , or can the database be declared? Or set as default somewhere?

Thanks, Colin

Hi Colin,

we use db:open all over the place.

(: ----------------------------------------------------- :) module namespace _ = 'com.gmail.colinmcenearney.db';

declare namespace restxq = "http://exquery.org/ns/restxq";

(: Database name used throughout the application. :) declare variable $_:MY-DB := '_catalog';

(:~ Show users page. :) declare %restxq:path("/show-users") %output:method("html") function _:show-users() { <div> { serialize(db:open($_:MY-DB)//user/@id) } </div> }; (: ----------------------------------------------------- :)

Database name declarations often go to a constants.xqm.

Cheers, Alex