Sorry for the delayed response... I was aware of the empty collection and default (but maybe not clear on it)... This query works: String myXQueryString ="for $doc in collection() where matches(document-uri($doc), '" + DocID + "') return $doc"; return (new XQuery(myXQueryString).execute(context)); Note that it too uses an empty collection clause, but always returns a document. So why do I need to specify a collection in this case? (It also confirms that I do have some documents stored in the database to actually query.) -AJ On 3/9/2017 3:02 AM, Michael Seiferle wrote:

Hi Aaron,

welcome to the list!

For BaseX to „open“ a collection you need to address it by URI; in your case no URI is present, so BaseX loads the „default collection“ which is set to the currently opened database (I guess you have none open :—)):

So usually you want to address your collection by name:

...

for $foo in collection(‚myFoos‘) … return $foo

Where each $foo resembles a document inside your collection. In BaseX a collection usually resembles a database, so your first step would be:

- Create a database that either is a single document or contains multiple documents

So in SQL lingo I’d say you are basically missing your FROM ‚…‘ :-)

A good read might be: http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Databases it shows the various ways of creating, returning and querying documents / collections :-)

Best Michael

...

Am 09.03.2017 um 00:30 schrieb Aaron Weber <aweber@comcast.net <mailto:aweber@comcast.net>>:

Newbie alert.

I'm trying to get my feet wet with BaseX, and in doing so, am trying to understand XQuery and how to apply it to a database full of documents (not just a single document that is typically queried).

I am using Java and can post my code, but with a LocalSession, and a query, the following produces 0 results.

For $doc in collection() return $doc

I realize there's no "where", and in the sql world that would match all. Maybe not in XQuery?

Obviously just a test query, but I need to start somewhere. :-)

Thanks for any help! -- AJ

-- Michael Seiferle, BaseX GmbH, http://www.basexgmbh.de |-- Firmensitz: Blarerstrasse 56, 78462 Konstanz |-- Registergericht Freiburg, HRB: 708285, Geschäftsführer: | Dr. Christian Grün, Dr. Alexander Holupirek, Michael Seiferle `-- Fon: +49 7531 916 82 77

On 3/9/2017 3:46 AM, Fabrice ETANCHAUD wrote:

Hello Aaron,

You would learn faster by using the BaseXGUI application,

You will benefit from syntax highlighting, real time execution, and hits on function signatures.

I am trying the GUI now. It is an excellent tool! However, issuing the same exact XQuery in the GUI returns 3 documents (which is what I would have originally expected). Maybe it is an issue with how I setup my query in java? Here is my code: try (LocalSession session = new LocalSession(this.context)) { //test try (Query q = session.query("for $doc in collection() return $doc")) { while (q.more()) { LOG.debug("RESULT: " + q.next()); } } } catch (Exception e) { LOG.error("Could not execute query " + statement, e); }

Best regards,

Fabrice

*De :*basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de [mailto:basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de] *De la part de* Aaron Weber *Envoyé :* jeudi 9 mars 2017 00:31 *À :* basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de *Objet :* [basex-talk] Simple query

Newbie alert.

I'm trying to get my feet wet with BaseX, and in doing so, am trying to understand XQuery and how to apply it to a database full of documents (not just a single document that is typically queried).

I am using Java and can post my code, but with a LocalSession, and a query, the following produces 0 results.

For $doc in collection() return $doc

I realize there's no "where", and in the sql world that would match all. Maybe not in XQuery?

Obviously just a test query, but I need to start somewhere. :-)

Thanks for any help! -- AJ

On 3/10/2017 2:24 PM, Kendall Shaw wrote:

Michael Seiferle gave the answer already, I think. What would collection() be referring to? How would BaseX know what to return? Probably there is no database specified. Presumably, in the GUI you have opened a database.

Yes, I did not include my code to open the database. There is a database open and this does not throw an exception, it just returns no results. In my constructor of this class there is the following code: new Check(this.MyID).execute(context); (MyID is a String identifying the database I want to work with exclusively with this context passed.) As I mentioned in a separate post, my query where matches(uri...) works fine...every time. That query also does not have a specific collection in the query.

Kendall

*From: *<basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> on behalf of AJ Weber <aweber@comcast.net> *Date: *Friday, March 10, 2017 at 6:44 AM *To: *Fabrice ETANCHAUD <fetanchaud@groupefbo.com>, "basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de" <basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> *Subject: *Re: [basex-talk] Simple query

On 3/9/2017 3:46 AM, Fabrice ETANCHAUD wrote:

Hello Aaron,

You would learn faster by using the BaseXGUI application,

You will benefit from syntax highlighting, real time execution, and hits on function signatures.

I am trying the GUI now. It is an excellent tool!

However, issuing the same exact XQuery in the GUI returns 3 documents (which is what I would have originally expected).

Maybe it is an issue with how I setup my query in java? Here is my code:

try (LocalSession session = new LocalSession(this.context)) { //test

try (Query q = session.query("for $doc in collection() return $doc")) { while (q.more()) { LOG.debug("RESULT: " + q.next()); } } } catch (Exception e) { LOG.error("Could not execute query " + statement, e); }

Best regards,

Fabrice

*De :*basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de <mailto:basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> [mailto:basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de] *De la part de* Aaron Weber *Envoyé :* jeudi 9 mars 2017 00:31 *À :* basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de <mailto:basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> *Objet :* [basex-talk] Simple query

Newbie alert.

I'm trying to get my feet wet with BaseX, and in doing so, am trying to understand XQuery and how to apply it to a database full of documents (not just a single document that is typically queried).

I am using Java and can post my code, but with a LocalSession, and a query, the following produces 0 results.

For $doc in collection() return $doc

I realize there's no "where", and in the sql world that would match all. Maybe not in XQuery?

Obviously just a test query, but I need to start somewhere. :-)

Thanks for any help! -- AJ

Well, one difference I spot is that I am opening (via the snippet I sent before) the database BEFORE creating a LocalSession and I am using the new Check(...).execute(context); The "context" is kept in the object's class-level. Your code creates the context, associates the new LocalSession with the context, and THEN opens the existing database. (That's more akin to how a JDBC session would go...but I did not see any java examples with this, I followed the examples on the java page and only found LocalSession via a google search.) There doesn't appear to be any details in the javadoc or anything I can find regarding how to use LocalSession, so I could be off base from that pov. -AJ On 3/10/2017 4:18 PM, Kendall Shaw wrote:

This worked for me, where “test-local” contains a document:

Context context = new Context();

LocalSession s = new LocalSession(context);

s.execute(new Check("test-local"));

try (Query q = s.query("for $doc in collection() return $doc")) {

while (q.more()) {

System.out.println(q.next()_);_

}

}

But, why your code isn’t working could be useful to know. It seems like there are some details left out.

Kendall

*From: *<basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> on behalf of AJ Weber <aweber@comcast.net> *Date: *Friday, March 10, 2017 at 11:40 AM *To: *"basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de" <basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> *Subject: *Re: [basex-talk] Simple query

On 3/10/2017 2:24 PM, Kendall Shaw wrote:

Michael Seiferle gave the answer already, I think. What would collection() be referring to? How would BaseX know what to return? Probably there is no database specified. Presumably, in the GUI you have opened a database.

Yes, I did not include my code to open the database. There is a database open and this does not throw an exception, it just returns no results.

In my constructor of this class there is the following code: new Check(this.MyID).execute(context);

(MyID is a String identifying the database I want to work with exclusively with this context passed.)

As I mentioned in a separate post, my query where matches(uri...) works fine...every time. That query also does not have a specific collection in the query.

Kendall

*From: *<basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> <mailto:basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> on behalf of AJ Weber <aweber@comcast.net> <mailto:aweber@comcast.net> *Date: *Friday, March 10, 2017 at 6:44 AM *To: *Fabrice ETANCHAUD <fetanchaud@groupefbo.com> <mailto:fetanchaud@groupefbo.com>, "basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de" <mailto:basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> <basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> <mailto:basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> *Subject: *Re: [basex-talk] Simple query

On 3/9/2017 3:46 AM, Fabrice ETANCHAUD wrote:

Hello Aaron,

You would learn faster by using the BaseXGUI application,

You will benefit from syntax highlighting, real time execution, and hits on function signatures.

I am trying the GUI now. It is an excellent tool!

However, issuing the same exact XQuery in the GUI returns 3 documents (which is what I would have originally expected).

Maybe it is an issue with how I setup my query in java? Here is my code:

try (LocalSession session = new LocalSession(this.context)) { //test

try (Query q = session.query("for $doc in collection() return $doc")) { while (q.more()) { LOG.debug("RESULT: " + q.next()); } } } catch (Exception e) { LOG.error("Could not execute query " + statement, e); }

Best regards,

Fabrice

*De :*basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de <mailto:basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> [mailto:basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de] *De la part de* Aaron Weber *Envoyé :* jeudi 9 mars 2017 00:31 *À :* basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de <mailto:basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> *Objet :* [basex-talk] Simple query

Newbie alert.

I'm trying to get my feet wet with BaseX, and in doing so, am trying to understand XQuery and how to apply it to a database full of documents (not just a single document that is typically queried).

I am using Java and can post my code, but with a LocalSession, and a query, the following produces 0 results.

For $doc in collection() return $doc

I realize there's no "where", and in the sql world that would match all. Maybe not in XQuery?

Obviously just a test query, but I need to start somewhere. :-)

Thanks for any help! -- AJ

Looking at the basex source code, LocalSession.close also does context.closeDB(). So, I think you only need LocalSession.close or the try block does it for you in your example. Kendall From: <basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> on behalf of AJ Weber <aweber@comcast.net> Date: Friday, March 10, 2017 at 1:47 PM To: "basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de" <basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> Subject: Re: [basex-talk] Simple query OK, changing this so that the code flows like yours works much, much better. I now return all 3 documents I expect are in the database. FOLLOW-UP Question: How do I close the database properly with these classes? I had been doing a context.closeDB() when shutting-down. Do I just do a localSession.close() now? Or do I need to do both? Thanks again!!! On 3/10/2017 4:27 PM, AJ Weber wrote: Well, one difference I spot is that I am opening (via the snippet I sent before) the database BEFORE creating a LocalSession and I am using the new Check(...).execute(context); The "context" is kept in the object's class-level. Your code creates the context, associates the new LocalSession with the context, and THEN opens the existing database. (That's more akin to how a JDBC session would go...but I did not see any java examples with this, I followed the examples on the java page and only found LocalSession via a google search.) There doesn't appear to be any details in the javadoc or anything I can find regarding how to use LocalSession, so I could be off base from that pov. -AJ On 3/10/2017 4:18 PM, Kendall Shaw wrote: This worked for me, where “test-local” contains a document: Context context = new Context(); LocalSession s = new LocalSession(context); s.execute(new Check("test-local")); try (Query q = s.query("for $doc in collection() return $doc")) { while (q.more()) { System.out.println(q.next()); } } But, why your code isn’t working could be useful to know. It seems like there are some details left out. Kendall From: <basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de><mailto:basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> on behalf of AJ Weber <aweber@comcast.net><mailto:aweber@comcast.net> Date: Friday, March 10, 2017 at 11:40 AM To: "basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de"<mailto:basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> <basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de><mailto:basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> Subject: Re: [basex-talk] Simple query On 3/10/2017 2:24 PM, Kendall Shaw wrote: Michael Seiferle gave the answer already, I think. What would collection() be referring to? How would BaseX know what to return? Probably there is no database specified. Presumably, in the GUI you have opened a database. Yes, I did not include my code to open the database. There is a database open and this does not throw an exception, it just returns no results. In my constructor of this class there is the following code: new Check(this.MyID).execute(context); (MyID is a String identifying the database I want to work with exclusively with this context passed.) As I mentioned in a separate post, my query where matches(uri...) works fine...every time. That query also does not have a specific collection in the query. Kendall From: <basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de><mailto:basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> on behalf of AJ Weber <aweber@comcast.net><mailto:aweber@comcast.net> Date: Friday, March 10, 2017 at 6:44 AM To: Fabrice ETANCHAUD <fetanchaud@groupefbo.com><mailto:fetanchaud@groupefbo.com>, "basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de"<mailto:basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> <basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de><mailto:basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> Subject: Re: [basex-talk] Simple query On 3/9/2017 3:46 AM, Fabrice ETANCHAUD wrote: Hello Aaron, You would learn faster by using the BaseXGUI application, You will benefit from syntax highlighting, real time execution, and hits on function signatures. I am trying the GUI now. It is an excellent tool! However, issuing the same exact XQuery in the GUI returns 3 documents (which is what I would have originally expected). Maybe it is an issue with how I setup my query in java? Here is my code: try (LocalSession session = new LocalSession(this.context)) { //test try (Query q = session.query("for $doc in collection() return $doc")) { while (q.more()) { LOG.debug("RESULT: " + q.next()); } } } catch (Exception e) { LOG.error("Could not execute query " + statement, e); } Best regards, Fabrice De : basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de<mailto:basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> [mailto:basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de] De la part de Aaron Weber Envoyé : jeudi 9 mars 2017 00:31 À : basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de<mailto:basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> Objet : [basex-talk] Simple query Newbie alert. I'm trying to get my feet wet with BaseX, and in doing so, am trying to understand XQuery and how to apply it to a database full of documents (not just a single document that is typically queried). I am using Java and can post my code, but with a LocalSession, and a query, the following produces 0 results. For $doc in collection() return $doc I realize there's no "where", and in the sql world that would match all. Maybe not in XQuery? Obviously just a test query, but I need to start somewhere. :-) Thanks for any help! -- AJ

Understand that, thank you for the follow up. I was going to open the local session and keep it open for the lifetime of the webapp like I would do with a JDBC session object. That would not allow me to use the autoclose. Is it possible or recommended to keep the one session object like that? Thanks again. -- Aaron On March 11, 2017 11:07:31 AM EST, "Christian Grün" <christian.gruen@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Aaron (and thanks Kendall),

A little addendum: If you use Java’s try-with-resources statement…

try (LocalSession session = new LocalSession(this.context))

…there will be no need to manually close your connection.

Best, Christian

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 10:47 PM, AJ Weber <aweber@comcast.net> wrote:

...

OK, changing this so that the code flows like yours works much, much better. I now return all 3 documents I expect are in the database.

FOLLOW-UP Question: How do I close the database properly with these classes? I had been doing a context.closeDB() when shutting-down. Do I just do a localSession.close() now? Or do I need to do both?

Thanks again!!!

On 3/10/2017 4:27 PM, AJ Weber wrote:

Well, one difference I spot is that I am opening (via the snippet I sent before) the database BEFORE creating a LocalSession and I am using the new Check(...).execute(context);

The "context" is kept in the object's class-level.

Your code creates the context, associates the new LocalSession with the context, and THEN opens the existing database. (That's more akin to how a JDBC session would go...but I did not see any java examples with this, I followed the examples on the java page and only found LocalSession via a google search.)

There doesn't appear to be any details in the javadoc or anything I can find regarding how to use LocalSession, so I could be off base from that pov.

-AJ

On 3/10/2017 4:18 PM, Kendall Shaw wrote:

This worked for me, where “test-local” contains a document:

Context context = new Context();

LocalSession s = new LocalSession(context);

s.execute(new Check("test-local"));

try (Query q = s.query("for $doc in collection() return $doc")) {

while (q.more()) {

System.out.println(q.next());

}

}

But, why your code isn’t working could be useful to know. It seems like there are some details left out.

Kendall

From: <basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> on behalf of AJ Weber <aweber@comcast.net> Date: Friday, March 10, 2017 at 11:40 AM To: "basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de" <basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> Subject: Re: [basex-talk] Simple query

On 3/10/2017 2:24 PM, Kendall Shaw wrote:

Michael Seiferle gave the answer already, I think. What would collection() be referring to? How would BaseX know what to return? Probably there is no database specified. Presumably, in the GUI you have opened a database.

Yes, I did not include my code to open the database. There is a database open and this does not throw an exception, it just returns no results.

In my constructor of this class there is the following code: new Check(this.MyID).execute(context);

(MyID is a String identifying the database I want to work with exclusively with this context passed.)

As I mentioned in a separate post, my query where matches(uri...) works fine...every time. That query also does not have a specific collection in the query.

Kendall

From: <basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> on behalf of AJ Weber <aweber@comcast.net> Date: Friday, March 10, 2017 at 6:44 AM To: Fabrice ETANCHAUD <fetanchaud@groupefbo.com>, "basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de" <basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> Subject: Re: [basex-talk] Simple query

On 3/9/2017 3:46 AM, Fabrice ETANCHAUD wrote:

Hello Aaron,

You would learn faster by using the BaseXGUI application,

You will benefit from syntax highlighting, real time execution, and hits on function signatures.

I am trying the GUI now. It is an excellent tool!

However, issuing the same exact XQuery in the GUI returns 3 documents (which is what I would have originally expected).

Maybe it is an issue with how I setup my query in java? Here is my code:

try (LocalSession session = new LocalSession(this.context)) { //test

try (Query q = session.query("for $doc in collection() return $doc")) { while (q.more()) { LOG.debug("RESULT: " + q.next()); } } } catch (Exception e) { LOG.error("Could not execute query " + statement, e); }

Best regards,

Fabrice

De : basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de [mailto:basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de] De la part de Aaron Weber Envoyé : jeudi 9 mars 2017 00:31 À : basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de Objet : [basex-talk] Simple query

Newbie alert.

I'm trying to get my feet wet with BaseX, and in doing so, am trying to understand XQuery and how to apply it to a database full of documents (not just a single document that is typically queried).

I am using Java and can post my code, but with a LocalSession, and a query, the following produces 0 results.

For $doc in collection() return $doc

I realize there's no "where", and in the sql world that would match all. Maybe not in XQuery?

Obviously just a test query, but I need to start somewhere. :-)

Thanks for any help! -- AJ

Great. Thanks again! -- Aaron On March 11, 2017 11:25:08 AM EST, "Christian Grün" <christian.gruen@gmail.com> wrote:

...

I was going to open the local session and keep it open for the lifetime of the webapp like I would do with a JDBC session object. That would not allow me to use the autoclose. Is it possible or recommended to keep the one session object like that?

Absolutely. BaseX sessions are pretty light-weight, but if you want to repeatedly access a database/collection (as you did), and avoid reopening it every time, it can make sense to keep sessions open.

...

On March 11, 2017 11:07:31 AM EST, "Christian Grün" <christian.gruen@gmail.com> wrote:

...

Dear Aaron (and thanks Kendall),

A little addendum: If you use Java’s try-with-resources statement…

try (LocalSession session = new LocalSession(this.context))

…there will be no need to manually close your connection.

Best, Christian

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 10:47 PM, AJ Weber <aweber@comcast.net>

wrote:

...

...

OK, changing this so that the code flows like yours works much,

much

...

better. I now return all 3 documents I expect are in the database.

FOLLOW-UP Question: How do I close the database properly with these classes? I had been doing a context.closeDB() when shutting-down. Do I just do a localSession.close() now? Or do I need to do both?

Thanks again!!!

On 3/10/2017 4:27 PM, AJ Weber wrote:

Well, one difference I spot is that I am opening (via the snippet I sent before) the database BEFORE creating a LocalSession and I am using the new Check(...).execute(context);

The "context" is kept in the object's class-level.

Your code creates the context, associates the new LocalSession with the context, and THEN opens the existing database. (That's more akin to how a JDBC session would go...but I did not see any java examples with this, I followed the examples on the java page and only found LocalSession via a google search.)

There doesn't appear to be any details in the javadoc or anything I can find regarding how to use LocalSession, so I could be off base from that pov.

-AJ

On 3/10/2017 4:18 PM, Kendall Shaw wrote:

This worked for me, where “test-local” contains a document:

Context context = new Context();

LocalSession s = new LocalSession(context);

s.execute(new Check("test-local"));

try (Query q = s.query("for $doc in collection() return $doc")) {

while (q.more()) {

System.out.println(q.next());

}

}

But, why your code isn’t working could be useful to know. It seems like there are some details left out.

Kendall

From: <basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> on behalf of AJ Weber <aweber@comcast.net> Date: Friday, March 10, 2017 at 11:40 AM To: "basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de" <basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> Subject: Re: [basex-talk] Simple query

On 3/10/2017 2:24 PM, Kendall Shaw wrote:

Michael Seiferle gave the answer already, I think. What would collection() be referring to? How would BaseX know what to return? Probably there is no database specified. Presumably, in the GUI you have opened a database.

Yes, I did not include my code to open the database. There is a database open and this does not throw an exception, it just returns no results.

In my constructor of this class there is the following code: new Check(this.MyID).execute(context);

(MyID is a String identifying the database I want to work with exclusively with this context passed.)

As I mentioned in a separate post, my query where matches(uri...) works fine...every time. That query also does not have a specific collection in the query.

Kendall

From: <basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> on behalf of AJ Weber <aweber@comcast.net> Date: Friday, March 10, 2017 at 6:44 AM To: Fabrice ETANCHAUD <fetanchaud@groupefbo.com>, "basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de" <basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> Subject: Re: [basex-talk] Simple query

On 3/9/2017 3:46 AM, Fabrice ETANCHAUD wrote:

Hello Aaron,

You would learn faster by using the BaseXGUI application,

You will benefit from syntax highlighting, real time execution, and hits on function signatures.

I am trying the GUI now. It is an excellent tool!

However, issuing the same exact XQuery in the GUI returns 3 documents (which is what I would have originally expected).

Maybe it is an issue with how I setup my query in java? Here is my code:

try (LocalSession session = new LocalSession(this.context)) { //test

try (Query q = session.query("for $doc in collection() return $doc")) { while (q.more()) { LOG.debug("RESULT: " + q.next()); } } } catch (Exception e) { LOG.error("Could not execute query " + statement, e); }

Best regards,

Fabrice

De : basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de [mailto:basex-talk-bounces@mailman.uni-konstanz.de] De la part de Aaron Weber Envoyé : jeudi 9 mars 2017 00:31 À : basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de Objet : [basex-talk] Simple query

Newbie alert.

I'm trying to get my feet wet with BaseX, and in doing so, am trying to understand XQuery and how to apply it to a database full of documents (not just a single document that is typically queried).

I am using Java and can post my code, but with a LocalSession, and a query, the following produces 0 results.

For $doc in collection() return $doc

I realize there's no "where", and in the sql world that would match all. Maybe not in XQuery?

Obviously just a test query, but I need to start somewhere. :-)

Thanks for any help! -- AJ