Hi Mark, Each resource is stored as either an XML document or a binary file (raw data) [1]. You can only retrieve resources as raw data of they have been stored as binaries. Hope this helps, Christian [1] http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Binary_Data Am 11.03.2017 21:16 schrieb "mark bordelon" <markcbordelon@yahoo.com>: I am trying to retreieve the raw xml from a document and think I should use the RETRIEVE command, right? What is the ID that I pass as the argument? Here is what I have tried with the error:
*list* Name Resources Size Input Path
greek 2 2942906 latin 184 9942769 semantic 785 257685 3 database(s).
*list greek* Input Path Type Content-Type Size
PROSE~aristotle~Rhetoric1 xml application/xml 99387 PROSE~CONVERSATION~GreekPrimer xml application/xml 20260
*open greek* Database 'greek' was opened in 2.9 ms. *retrieve PROSE~aristotle~Rhetoric1* *Resource "PROSE~aristotle~Rhetoric1" not found.*