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.