Sorry, I don't understand how db:output() can be used to print out the modified nodes. I can use it to print some message but if I print out the nodes, it prints out the un-modified nodes. Basically I'm creating a processing pipeline, so the output of this insertion will be processed further by another piece of code.  But I can't seem to capture the result of the insertion into a variable so that I can process it further. Maybe there is another way to do such type of processing. Maybe I should just do this type of work in XSLT. Any guidance will be appreciated. Anupam ________________________________ From: Christian Grün <christian.gruen@gmail.com> To: Anupam Bakshi <bakshia@yahoo.com> Cc: basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2012 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [basex-talk] Nothing gets printed after insert node

Unfortunately I did not see how I can return the value into a variable for further processing. Is there some other way to do it?

Did you already try db:output()?

Are you mostly interested in a) updating your data, and returning the modified node(s) as query result, or b) finding the correct updating query to modify your data? ___________________________

Here is what I actually want to do. Maybe someone can suggest a straightforward way.

File : sample1.xml <P>  <M id="1"/>  <M id="2"/>  <M id="3"/> </P>

File: result1.xml <Q>  <R id="1"/>  <R id="2"/> </Q>

Desired output : <P>  <M id="1">     <R id="1"/>   </M>   <M id="2">     <R id="2"/>   </M>  <M id="3"/> </P>

So insert the node from 2nd file into 1st where the ids match.

Thanks, Amupam

________________________________ From: Christian Grün <christian.gruen@gmail.com> To: Anupam Bakshi <bakshia@yahoo.com> Cc: basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2012 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [basex-talk] Nothing gets printed after insert node

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Unfortunately I did not see how I can return the value into a variable for further processing. Is there some other way to do it?

Did you already try db:output()?