[....] There is one thing I noticed however, and that I had noticed earlier on as well when a big collection was being processed: any attempt to talk with the server seems not to be working, i.e. even when I try to connect via the command-line basexadmin and run a command such as "list" or "open db foo", I do not get a reply. [....]
I'm not quite sure what's the problem. Some questions I get in mind:
-- does the problem occur with a single client? -- does "no reply" mean that your client request is being blocked, or that the returned result is empty? -- can you access your database via the standalone interfaces?
Just in case.. Feel free to send a small Java example that demonstrates the issue. Christian