Re: [basex-talk] count(//elem) not optimized, even though `elem` is in the index

Hi Vincent,

Does this mean, for a given set of XML files that have several namespace declarations attached to the root element including a default namespace, if namespaces are removed when these XML files are loaded into BaseX, for example by using the “Strip namespaces” option in the GUI, BaseX may be able to use additional query optimizations?

Definitely yes, but it surely depends on your queries, and if it contains patterns that can be optimized by taking advantage of the database statistics. Feel free to report back to us.

Christian