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Very large XML files

2009-11-12T20:24:36Z

Hello,

I would like to know what is the size of the Largest XML file that I can load into eXist DB.

Thanks,
Kaimal

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Re: XQuery Function Documentation - can`t generate

2009-11-12T11:27:47Z

I have been testing with Java 6 all along and have had no issues. I have not even seen Java 7 available for the Mac.

On Nov 12, 2009, at 01:18 PM, Dannes Wessels wrote:

Hi,

On 12 Nov 2009, at 18:14 , Vyacheslav Sedov wrote:

probably just russian Windows 7 not work good with jdk7 yet, Russian
Windows Vista work as expected with jdk7

in any case i have plans about migration to OpenSolaris ;)

Hmm i guess it has to be 'something' with the jdk7 then. The exist-team does not test exist-db with Java7 yet.....

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Re: XQuery Function Documentation - can`t generate

2009-11-12T11:18:44Z

Hi,

On 12 Nov 2009, at 18:14 , Vyacheslav Sedov wrote:

probably just russian Windows 7 not work good with jdk7 yet, Russian
Windows Vista work as expected with jdk7

in any case i have plans about migration to OpenSolaris ;)

Hmm i guess it has to be 'something' with the jdk7 then. The exist-team does not test exist-db with Java7 yet.....

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Re: XQuery Function Documentation - can`t generate

2009-11-12T09:14:00Z

probably just russian Windows 7 not work good with jdk7 yet, Russian
Windows Vista work as expected with jdk7

in any case i have plans about migration to OpenSolaris ;)

2009/11/12 James Fuller <james.fuller.2007@...>:

> I can confirm that it works for me ... as Wolfgang mentioned, any specifics ?
>
> J
>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Wolfgang Meier <wolfgangmm@...> wrote:
>>> http://localhost:8080/exist/xquery/functions.xql
>>>
>>> also view source produce "[Fatal Error] :1:1: Content is not allowed
>>> in prolog." in Java console
>>>
>>> also logo image point to broken link
>>
>> You did not say which version you use (trunk, 1.4?). Generating the
>> function docs works well for me on all installations. Viewing the
>> source of the corresponding page as well.
>>
>> Wolfgang
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eXist-as-Cocoon-block for 1.4

2009-11-12T08:17:59Z

I noticed that there's no eXist-as-Cocoon-block release for 1.4 yet.
We've been successfully building 1.4 as a block in Cocoon 2.1.11 for a
while now (Wolfgang kindly helped me get started with this). As far as I
know, the only tweaks we have to make in the standard build process are
these:

1. Customize the Cocoon build.properties file to turns off the Lucene
and querybean (per Wolfgang's instructions).

2. At the end of the process, copy 2 missing jar files:
ws-commons-util-1.0.2.jar
sunxacml-1.2.jar
from EXIST_HOME/lib/core into the generated
COCOON/build/webapp/WEB-INF/lib

We have a detailed script that builds our own customized Cocoon (we turn
off a lot of the blocks we don't need), patches the eXist
build.properties to build for Java 1.6, adds SaxonHE and does a set of
other customizations to set up config files the way we like them. I'm
happy to share that script if it will help with building a stable
release. I've included it below in case it's useful (just updated to
change the SVN path for the new stable tree):

#! /bin/bash

#Variables for paths. CHANGE THESE TO SUIT YOUR SETUP.
EXIST_SVN="https://exist.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/exist/stable/eXist-1.4.x"
EXIST_HOME_ROOT="/home/mholmes/cocoon_with_exist/exist_from_svn"
EXIST_HOME="/home/mholmes/cocoon_with_exist/exist_from_svn/eXist"
COCOON_HOME="/home/mholmes/cocoon_with_exist/cocoon-2.1.11"
CUSTOM_BUILD_FILES="/home/mholmes/cocoon_with_exist/build_files"
TOMCAT_WEBAPPS="/home/mholmes/apps/apache-tomcat-6.0.20/webapps"

#Delete the previous eXist part of the svn tree. We've determined this
is the
#only way to get a reliable build.
echo "Deleting eXist subtree so we get a new one..."
rm -rf $EXIST_HOME_ROOT/eXist/

#Branch at this point. We may just want to grab the last copy of the
downloaded
#eXist tree, which we have a backup of, or we may wish to get a
completely fresh
#checkout.
echo "Get a completely New copy from SVN, or use the Old checkout? n or o."
read choice

case $choice in
N|n)
#Checkout the latest trunk from SVN.
echo "Checking out eXist trunk..."
svn co $EXIST_SVN $EXIST_HOME_ROOT/eXist
echo "SVN checkout of eXist complete."
echo "Copying it to the backup location."
rm -rf $CUSTOM_BUILD_FILES/exist/last_checkout/eXist
cp -R $EXIST_HOME_ROOT/eXist $CUSTOM_BUILD_FILES/exist/last_checkout/
echo "Done.";;
O|o)
#Delete the old directory in SVN, and copy over from the backup we saved.
echo "Copying over the previous backup."
rm -rf $EXIST_HOME_ROOT/eXist
cp -R $CUSTOM_BUILD_FILES/exist/last_checkout/eXist $EXIST_HOME_ROOT/
echo "Done.";;
esac

echo "Continue?"
read

#Copy the local.build.properties patch file into the Cocoon tree.
echo "Copying local.build.properties into Cocoon tree..."
cp $CUSTOM_BUILD_FILES/cocoon/local.blocks.properties $COCOON_HOME/
echo "Continue?"
read

#Move to the eXist dir
cd $EXIST_HOME

#Copy the build.properties file containing our path to Cocoon over
Wolfgang's
echo "Copying build.properties file into eXist tree..."
cp $CUSTOM_BUILD_FILES/exist/build/scripts/cocoon/build.properties
$EXIST_HOME/build/scripts/cocoon/
echo "Continue?"
read

#Patch the eXist build.properties file for source and target Java 1.6
echo "Patching eXist build.properties for Java 1.6..."
patch $EXIST_HOME/build.properties
$CUSTOM_BUILD_FILES/exist/build.properties.patch
echo "Continue?"
read

#Sign the eXist jars
echo "Signing the eXist jar files..."
./build.sh -f build/scripts/jarsigner.xml
echo "Continue?"
read

#Build eXist
echo "Building eXist itself..."
./build.sh all
echo "Continue?"
read

#Build eXist for Cocoon
echo "Building eXist for Cocoon integration..."
./build.sh -f build/scripts/cocoon/build.xml
echo "Continue?"
read

#Clean the Cocoon build
echo "Cleaning the Cocoon tree..."
cd $COCOON_HOME
./build.sh clean
echo "Continue?"
read

#Build Cocoon with eXist.
echo "Building Cocoon..."
./build.sh
echo "Continue?"
read

#Copy missing jar files from eXist into Cocoon tree.
echo "Copying ws-commons-util-1.0.2.jar and sunxacml-1.2.jar from
EXIST_HOME/lib/core into the generated COCOON/build/webapp/WEB-INF/lib..."
cp $EXIST_HOME/lib/core/ws-commons-util-1.0.2.jar build/webapp/WEB-INF/lib/
cp $EXIST_HOME/lib/core/sunxacml-1.2.jar build/webapp/WEB-INF/lib/
echo "Continue?"
read

#Copy our custom jars into the tree
echo "Copying extra jars into Cocoon tree..."
cp $CUSTOM_BUILD_FILES/*.jar build/webapp/WEB-INF/lib/
echo "Continue?"
read

#Patch the various Cocoon and eXist files that need customizing.
echo "Patching/customizing configuration files for Cocoon and eXist..."
echo "cocoon.xconf..."
java -jar $COCOON_HOME/build/webapp/WEB-INF/lib/saxon9he.jar -t
-s:$COCOON_HOME/build/webapp/WEB-INF/cocoon.xconf
-xsl:$CUSTOM_BUILD_FILES/xslt/patch_cocoon_xconf.xsl
-o:$COCOON_HOME/build/webapp/WEB-INF/cocoon.xconf
echo "web.xml..."
java -jar $COCOON_HOME/build/webapp/WEB-INF/lib/saxon9he.jar -t
-s:$COCOON_HOME/build/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
-xsl:$CUSTOM_BUILD_FILES/xslt/patch_cocoon_web_xml.xsl
-o:$COCOON_HOME/build/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
echo "conf.xml..."
java -jar $COCOON_HOME/build/webapp/WEB-INF/lib/saxon9he.jar -t
-s:$COCOON_HOME/build/webapp/WEB-INF/conf.xml
-xsl:$CUSTOM_BUILD_FILES/xslt/patch_exist_conf_xml.xsl
-o:$COCOON_HOME/build/webapp/WEB-INF/conf.xml
echo "sitemap.xmap..."
java -jar $COCOON_HOME/build/webapp/WEB-INF/lib/saxon9he.jar -t
-s:$COCOON_HOME/build/webapp/sitemap.xmap
-xsl:$CUSTOM_BUILD_FILES/xslt/patch_sitemap.xsl
-o:$COCOON_HOME/build/webapp/sitemap.xmap
echo "Continue?"
read

#Copy the resulting cocoon over to our test environment.
echo "Copying created web application into test Tomcat environment..."
rm -rf $TOMCAT_WEBAPPS/new_cocoon
cp -R build/webapp $TOMCAT_WEBAPPS/new_cocoon

echo "Removing the exist-samples directory from the Tomcat deployment..."
rm -rf $TOMCAT_WEBAPPS/new_cocoon/WEB-INF/exist-samples

#Now let's start cleaning up the deployed webapp, by removing a whole
stack of samples we don't need.
echo "Removing Cocoon samples we don't need..."
#First we delete everything...
rm -rf $TOMCAT_WEBAPPS/new_cocoon/samples
#Now we recreate the parts we need, by copying from the built webapp
mkdir $TOMCAT_WEBAPPS/new_cocoon/samples
cp build/webapp/samples/sitemap.xmap $TOMCAT_WEBAPPS/new_cocoon/samples
mkdir $TOMCAT_WEBAPPS/new_cocoon/samples/blocks
cp build/webapp/samples/blocks/sitemap.xmap
$TOMCAT_WEBAPPS/new_cocoon/samples/blocks
cp -R build/webapp/samples/blocks/exist
$TOMCAT_WEBAPPS/new_cocoon/samples/blocks

echo "Done!"
read

Cheers,
Martin

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Re: XQuery Function Documentation - can`t generate

2009-11-12T08:14:44Z

I can confirm that it works for me ... as Wolfgang mentioned, any specifics ?

J

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Wolfgang Meier <wolfgangmm@...> wrote:

>> http://localhost:8080/exist/xquery/functions.xql
>>
>> also view source produce "[Fatal Error] :1:1: Content is not allowed
>> in prolog." in Java console
>>
>> also logo image point to broken link
>
> You did not say which version you use (trunk, 1.4?). Generating the
> function docs works well for me on all installations. Viewing the
> source of the corresponding page as well.
>
> Wolfgang
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Re: batch import, delete, update

2009-11-12T07:13:38Z

> I am new to eXist. I have one question.
> Is there any other method for batch (bulk) importing/deleting/updating
> into/from existing database in efficient way in eXist?

The fastest way to bulk import data into eXist probably is to use the
Java admin client in embedded mode (bin/client.sh -l). Deletes are
faster when you delete an entire collection instead of one resource
after the other.

Wolfgang

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Re: XQuery Function Documentation - can`t generate

2009-11-12T07:07:51Z

> http://localhost:8080/exist/xquery/functions.xql
>
> also view source produce "[Fatal Error] :1:1: Content is not allowed
> in prolog." in Java console
>
> also logo image point to broken link

You did not say which version you use (trunk, 1.4?). Generating the
function docs works well for me on all installations. Viewing the
source of the corresponding page as well.

Wolfgang

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batch import, delete, update

2009-11-12T02:22:06Z

Hi all,
I am new to eXist. I have one question.
Is there any other method for batch (bulk) importing/deleting/updating into/from existing database in efficient way in eXist?

Thanks in advance.

- Nachiket

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Re: eXist 1.4 final is out!

2009-11-12T00:23:32Z

2009/11/11 Dannes Wessels <dizzzz@...>
> eXist 1.4 final is out!

Congratulations to the development and release team on getting the new
release out. I'm looking forward to being able to recommend the new,
improved eXist to clients who've been put off XML in databases by
Microsoft's implementation in SQL Server :-).

- Peter

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Re: Understanding URL Rewriting in eXist 1.4 - a demo / helper app

2009-11-11T18:04:55Z

Hi Wolfgang,

> a very useful tool indeed. I already thought about adding a feature to
> dump all the variables, but your utility is much more sophisticated
> and instructive.

Thank you; I'm glad you think it's useful.

> With your permission, I'd like to install it on the
> demo server and link to it from the documentation.

Certainly - that would be fine.

> Too bad 1.4 is
> already out, but the tool should certainly be added to 1.4.1.

:) Today was a government holiday here, so I finally had time to sit
down and write up my thoughts that've been gathering over the past
month or so on this... and this is what came out. If there are any
ways it could be improved or made clearer, I'm open to them.

Joe

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XQuery Function Documentation - can`t generate

2009-11-11T16:00:40Z

http://localhost:8080/exist/xquery/functions.xql

also view source produce "[Fatal Error] :1:1: Content is not allowed
in prolog." in Java console

also logo image point to broken link

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Re: Understanding URL Rewriting in eXist 1.4 - a demo / helper app

2009-11-11T15:12:42Z

Hi Joe,

a very useful tool indeed. I already thought about adding a feature to
dump all the variables, but your utility is much more sophisticated
and instructive. With your permission, I'd like to install it on the
demo server and link to it from the documentation. Too bad 1.4 is
already out, but the tool should certainly be added to 1.4.1.

Thanks,

Wolfgang

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Joe Wicentowski <joewiz@...> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> One of the many powerful features of eXist 1.4 is URL Rewriting. I've
> attached a simple XQuery app, called URL Rewriting Helper v.1, which
> I'm hoping will help others in trying to understand the new URL
> Rewriting features of eXist 1.4. (See
> http://exist-db.org/urlrewrite.html for the main docs.)
>
> The tool helps you dissect URLs and see them the way eXist sees them.
> It shows the $exist:* variables and the key URL-related info from the
> request module. It also lets you try out "faux" directories and URL
> parameters in order to see what happens. Ultimately, it helps you
> create highly portable XQuery apps, by avoiding the route of
> hard-coding paths.
>
> You can also easily use this to diagnose issues with other controllers
> - just paste the dispatch element from the controller.xql file into
> your own.
>
> The .zip file contains a folder ("url-rewriting-helper"), which
> contains two files ("controller.xql" and "url-rewriting-helper.xql").
> You can place the folder either in your webapp directory, or in your
> db (I'd suggest /db/www/) -- anywhere that is part of a "controller
> hierarchy" as explained in the main docs. Then call, for example:
> localhost:8080/url-rewriting-helper/ or
> localhost:8080/tools/url-rewriting-helper/.
>
> If you have any questions or comments, please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
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Re: eXist 1.4 final is out!

2009-11-11T14:43:20Z

The opportunity to complain (whine?) comes around often, and we sometimes forget to give credit where credit is due.

I'd like to thank everyone who worked to make this truely amazing application possible. It's quite an extraordinary achievement, it's a pleasure and an honor to work with this software and, occasionally, the development team - and you guys are simply brilliant. I am looking forward to being around to see what happens when the rest of the world finally "gets it."

And now, I shall resume complaining as necessary. But only as necessary. :-)

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Re: eXist 1.4 final is out!

2009-11-11T14:08:37Z

Awesome work guys!! Your efforts are very much appreciated!!

Cheers,

Fraser

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Loren Cahlander <loren.cahlander@...> wrote:

This is a momentous occasion. Congratulations to everyone involved!!

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Re: file module

2009-11-11T14:01:29Z

Hi,

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Dannes Wessels <dizzzz@...> wrote:

Anyway, I plan to release an alternative exist-modules.jar with all optional extension modules enabled (but without the 3rd party libs). This makes the other cool modules like FOP and Charting easier accessible.

For this moment, I archived the jar file on http://code.google.com/p/existdb-contrib/downloads/list ; it should end up in SF.net I guess....

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Re: eXist 1.4 final is out!

2009-11-11T13:41:24Z

This is a momentous occasion. Congratulations to everyone involved!!
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Re: [ANN] eXist 1.4 Released

2009-11-11T13:25:51Z

congrats !

J

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Wolfgang Meier <wolfgang@...> wrote:

> And here's the announcement of the final release as posted on
> http://atomic.exist-db.org/blogs/eXist/Release14:
>
> "After another 2 months of hard work or 412 revisions later, we are
> proud to release eXist 1.4 (codename: Eindhoven) today. Changes since
> the release candidate include some performance-critical fixes to the
> collection and nodes caching, as well as improvements in the Lucene
> index and other extension modules. Based on user feedback, the URL
> rewriting and MVC framework has been extended to adopt it to more
> complex real-world scenarios. Examples and documentation have been
> greatly enhanced.
>
> The release also features experimental support for server-side
> debugging of XQuery scripts based on the dbgp protocol. The debugger
> is still a bit limited on the client side (we used emacs and vi since
> they already implement dbgp), but otherwise usable. We're looking
> forward to provide a complete implementation in 1.4.1 and would like
> encourage users to help us testing in the meantime.
>
> For the main features of 1.4, please refer to the previous release
> note or the press summary.
>
> We would like to thank all committers and users who made this
> possible. In particular, we had lots of people testing the release,
> checking the documentation or suggesting fixes. Thanks for your
> contribution!
>
> We highly recommend that users of 1.2 upgrade to 1.4 after they have
> tested this release. In 1.4, eXist’s XQuery engine has been redesigned
> to improve the processing of queries against in-memory documents. This
> has been causing many issues on 1.2."
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Important notice: changes in subversion

2009-11-11T13:00:38Z

All,

I moved things a bit around in the subversion repository, to make it more consistent: The details:

in https://exist.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/exist i have created a 'stable' folder, containing all stable releases of eXist-db:

eXist-1.0.x
eXist-1.2.x
eXist-1.4.x

The latter is a copy of the current trunk, and will be the base for future versions like 1.4.1 etc. Note that if you have file checked out, you need to 'svn switch' here.

>From now on 'trunk/eXist' is exist 1.5... unstable :-)

Kind regards

Dannes

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Re: eXist 1.4 final is out!

2009-11-11T12:56:13Z

Congratulations, and thanks for all the hard work.

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Re: eXist 1.4 final is out!

2009-11-11T12:49:17Z

A big congratulations to everyone here!

And an even bigger applause to the devs - 1.4 contains so many
wonderful new features, and lays a powerful new foundation.

Many thanks,
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Re: eXist 1.4 final is out!

2009-11-11T12:45:02Z

Congratulations to all eXist team and users!!

José María

On 11/11/09 21:19, Dannes Wessels wrote:

>
> eXist 1.4 final is out!
>
>
> After another 2 months of hard work or 412 revisions later, we are proud
> to release eXist 1.4 (codename: Eindhoven) today. Changes since the
> release candidate include some performance-critical fixes to the
> collection and nodes caching, as well as improvements in the Lucene
> index and other extension modules. Based on user feedback, the URL
> rewriting and MVC framework has been extended to adopt it to more
> complex real-world scenarios. Examples and documentation have been
> greatly enhanced.
> The release also features experimental support for server-side debugging
> of XQuery scripts based on the dbgp protocol. The debugger is still a
> bit limited on the client side (we used emacs and vi since they already
> implement dbgp), but otherwise usable. We're looking forward to provide
> a complete implementation in 1.4.1 and would like encourage users to
> help us testing in the meantime.
> For the main features of 1.4, please refer to the previous release note
> <http://atomic.exist-db.org/blogs/eXist/Release14rc> or the press
> summary <http://atomic.exist-db.org/blogs/eXist/Press/eXist14>.
> We would like to thank all committers and users who made this possible.
> In particular, we had lots of people testing the release, checking the
> documentation or suggesting fixes. Thanks for your contribution!
> We highly recommend that users of 1.2 upgrade to 1.4 after they have
> tested this release. In 1.4, eXist’s XQuery engine has been redesigned
> to improve the processing of queries against in-memory documents. This
> has been causing many issues on 1.2.
> 11-11-2009
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Re: Understanding URL Rewriting in eXist 1.4 - a demo / helper app

2009-11-11T12:33:45Z

To save you from the trouble having to install the tool just to see it, here is the default output from the page, when it's installed into /db/tools/ and loaded from:

http://localhost:8080/exist/tools/url-rewriting-helper/

The sample URLs down near the very bottom of the page do work in the app -- letting you try out different combinations of paths and parameters, and see how the values change, e.g.

http://localhost:8080/exist/tools/url-rewriting-helper/level1/level2?param1=xyz&param2=123

Cheers,

Joe

eXist URL Rewriting Helper

To understand how to customize your URLs in eXist, you need to understand how eXist interprets URLs. For complete information about eXist's XQuery-based URL rewriting (forwarding and redirecting) and MVC framework (pipelining), see the documentation on URL Rewriting and MVC Framework.

This page illustrates eXist's URL Rewriting functionality by showing how eXist interprets URLs. This page draws on the information about the URL request passed to the page from its controller and the request module, in order to show you how the eXist server sees URL requests and parses them.

Note that the the query generating this page is 'url-rewriting-helper.xql': The controller.xql file forwards the request to the query, transparently to the user.

	Name	Value	Description
request module (function docs)
	request:get-url()	http://localhost:8080/exist/tools/url-rewriting-helper/	The full requested URL
	request:get-server-name()	localhost	The server name
	request:get-server-port()	8080	The server port
	request:get-uri()	/exist/tools/url-rewriting-helper/	The requested URI, sans server name and port
	request:get-effective-uri()	/exist/rest/db/www/url-rewriting-helper/url-rewriting-helper.xql	Same as request:get-uri(), but if the request was forwarded via URL rewriting, the function returns the effective, rewritten URI, not the original URI which was received from the client. Note: Only relevant when the controller is stored in the file system, not the database.
	request:get-context-path()	/exist	The part of the URI leading to the current controller script
variables available to the controller (see docs)
	$exist:prefix	/tools	The path prefix to which the current controller hierarchy is mapped
	$exist:root	xmldb:exist:///db/www	The root path of the current controller hierarchy hierarchy is mapped
	$exist:controller	/url-rewriting-helper	The part of the URI leading to the current controller script
	$exist:path	/	The last part of the request URI after the section leading to the controller
	$exist:resource	'' (empty string)	The section of the URI after the last /, usually pointing to a resource, e.g. example.xml
Slash-delimited (/) paths available to the controller based on $exist:path
	split-path1	'' (empty string)
other URL parameters
		(none)
sample urls you can construct based on this information
	context-path	/exist	request:get-context-path())
	context-path + prefix	/exist/tools	concat(request:get-context-path(), $exist:prefix)
	context-path + prefix + controller	/exist/tools/url-rewriting-helper	concat(request:get-context-path(), $exist:prefix, $exist:controller)
	context-path + prefix + controller + /	/exist/tools/url-rewriting-helper/	concat(request:get-context-path(), $exist:prefix, $exist:controller, '/')
	context-path + prefix + controller + / + level1	/exist/tools/url-rewriting-helper/level1	concat(request:get-context-path(), $exist:prefix, $exist:controller, '/', 'level1')
	context-path + prefix + controller + / + level1 + level2	/exist/tools/url-rewriting-helper/level1/level2	concat(request:get-context-path(), $exist:prefix, $exist:controller, '/', 'level1', '/', 'level2')
	context-path + prefix + controller + / + level1 + level2 + params	/exist/tools/url-rewriting-helper/level1/level2?param1=xyz&param2=123	concat(request:get-context-path(), $exist:prefix, $exist:controller, '/', 'level1', '/', 'level2', '?param1=xyz&param2=123')
	root	xmldb:exist:///db/www	$exist:root
	root + controller	xmldb:exist:///db/www/url-rewriting-helper	concat($exist:root, $exist:controller)
suggested useful paths to pass to your apps from the controller
	External (web) path to controller root	/exist/tools/url-rewriting-helper/	Useful for constructing the "absolute" external path to your app (from eXist's context path to your controller root) concat($context-path, $prefix, $controller, '/')
	Internal (eXist) path to controller root	/url-rewriting-helper/	Useful for constructing "absolute" internal path to your app (from the controller root to your app and its resources) concat($controller, '/')

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Re: [ANN] eXist 1.4 Released

2009-11-11T12:25:41Z

And here's the announcement of the final release as posted on
http://atomic.exist-db.org/blogs/eXist/Release14:

"After another 2 months of hard work or 412 revisions later, we are
proud to release eXist 1.4 (codename: Eindhoven) today. Changes since
the release candidate include some performance-critical fixes to the
collection and nodes caching, as well as improvements in the Lucene
index and other extension modules. Based on user feedback, the URL
rewriting and MVC framework has been extended to adopt it to more
complex real-world scenarios. Examples and documentation have been
greatly enhanced.

The release also features experimental support for server-side
debugging of XQuery scripts based on the dbgp protocol. The debugger
is still a bit limited on the client side (we used emacs and vi since
they already implement dbgp), but otherwise usable. We're looking
forward to provide a complete implementation in 1.4.1 and would like
encourage users to help us testing in the meantime.

For the main features of 1.4, please refer to the previous release
note or the press summary.

We would like to thank all committers and users who made this
possible. In particular, we had lots of people testing the release,
checking the documentation or suggesting fixes. Thanks for your
contribution!

We highly recommend that users of 1.2 upgrade to 1.4 after they have
tested this release. In 1.4, eXist’s XQuery engine has been redesigned
to improve the processing of queries against in-memory documents. This
has been causing many issues on 1.2."

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[ANN] eXist 1.4 Released

2009-11-11T12:20:47Z

eXist 1.4 Released

Eindhoven, Netherlands. -- 2009 November 11

The eXist OpenSource XML database project, http://exist-db.org, today announces the release of version 1.4 of the eXist XML database. This release includes significant new features that make it easier for software developers to create web applications that leverage advanced native XML data storage systems.

The release includes new features such as a the integration of the Lucene document index system into the XQuery engine, key-word-in-context (KWIC) display of query results, a lightweight but powerful URL rewriting and MVC framework, automatic document versioning, as well as the integration of XProc and XForms. In addition to these new features, the XQuery engine has been redesigned to process in-memory documents as efficiently as stored documents. This is an important change for XQuery authors. eXist also has improved documentation and many new sample programs.

The eXist project was created by Wolfgang Meier in 2001 but today includes over 20 active developers from around the world. eXist is used by a broad variety of users in the areas of document management, document search and retrieval, metadata management and design-time model management. It is highly compliant with world wide web consortium (W3C) XML standards such as XQuery, XML Schema and XPath.

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eXist 1.4 final is out!

2009-11-11T12:19:26Z

eXist 1.4 final is out!

After another 2 months of hard work or 412 revisions later, we are proud to release eXist 1.4 (codename: Eindhoven) today. Changes since the release candidate include some performance-critical fixes to the collection and nodes caching, as well as improvements in the Lucene index and other extension modules. Based on user feedback, the URL rewriting and MVC framework has been extended to adopt it to more complex real-world scenarios. Examples and documentation have been greatly enhanced.

The release also features experimental support for server-side debugging of XQuery scripts based on the dbgp protocol. The debugger is still a bit limited on the client side (we used emacs and vi since they already implement dbgp), but otherwise usable. We're looking forward to provide a complete implementation in 1.4.1 and would like encourage users to help us testing in the meantime.

For the main features of 1.4, please refer to the previous release note or the press summary.

We would like to thank all committers and users who made this possible. In particular, we had lots of people testing the release, checking the documentation or suggesting fixes. Thanks for your contribution!

We highly recommend that users of 1.2 upgrade to 1.4 after they have tested this release. In 1.4, eXist’s XQuery engine has been redesigned to improve the processing of queries against in-memory documents. This has been causing many issues on 1.2.

11-11-2009

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Understanding URL Rewriting in eXist 1.4 - a demo / helper app

2009-11-11T11:43:38Z

Hello all,

One of the many powerful features of eXist 1.4 is URL Rewriting. I've
attached a simple XQuery app, called URL Rewriting Helper v.1, which
I'm hoping will help others in trying to understand the new URL
Rewriting features of eXist 1.4. (See
http://exist-db.org/urlrewrite.html for the main docs.)

The tool helps you dissect URLs and see them the way eXist sees them.
It shows the $exist:* variables and the key URL-related info from the
request module. It also lets you try out "faux" directories and URL
parameters in order to see what happens. Ultimately, it helps you
create highly portable XQuery apps, by avoiding the route of
hard-coding paths.

You can also easily use this to diagnose issues with other controllers
- just paste the dispatch element from the controller.xql file into
your own.

The .zip file contains a folder ("url-rewriting-helper"), which
contains two files ("controller.xql" and "url-rewriting-helper.xql").
You can place the folder either in your webapp directory, or in your
db (I'd suggest /db/www/) -- anywhere that is part of a "controller
hierarchy" as explained in the main docs. Then call, for example:
localhost:8080/url-rewriting-helper/ or
localhost:8080/tools/url-rewriting-helper/.

If you have any questions or comments, please let me know.

Thanks,
Joe

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Re: exist-development list moderation question

2009-11-11T09:30:40Z

> How often exist-development list is moderated?

Sorry, I did not receive a notice that there are pending messages
waiting (I get those for the other lists). I have now approved your
messages.

The list is unmoderated, so once you are subscribed, you should be
able to post directly.

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Re: exist-development list moderation question

2009-11-11T09:27:31Z

On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 17:19 +0000, Thomas White wrote:
> How often exist-development list is moderated?

Wolfgang, I can help with it.

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exist-development list moderation question

2009-11-11T09:19:42Z

How often exist-development list is moderated?

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Re: New RC release?

2009-11-11T08:02:19Z

Hello Jason,

Have u considered donating money (or your tests) ? ... that always
helps as well ... as for open source, most people do use it ... the
question is if they are aware of its use.

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Re: New RC release?

2009-11-11T07:26:11Z

I am sorry that my comments sound like whining to you. It's hard to convey emotion and intent in an email.

I have tested against /trunk. After a few changes (and discovering of one bug), I was able to get my test suite to pass with flying colors.

The part of the SCM process that I am concerned about is that eXist is building their RCs and releases directly from /trunk in a number of cases. Ideally, from my point of view, it would look like this:

1.* Create a stable branch for 1.4.
2.* Allow a period of time for stability testing. Perhaps RC, perhaps not.
3.* Tag the branch and release from tag.
4.* Point releases, like 1.4.1, are from the branch.

I think the SCM process used by the eXist team is already pretty close to this, except for 1 and 2. The stability period right now takes place in /trunk. In the open-source world, when people get a wild idea, it goes into /trunk. This happens even during periods of stabilization. Case in point, there are significant new features, not just bug fixes, that have occurred since RC-rev10028. For me, one of these was a breaking change.

I am not talking about never releasing the software. I am just talking about maybe adding steps 1 and 2 to the existing SCM process so that there is an enforced stability period, and it does not get in the way of developing new features.

And yes, it isn't my project. But I use it. I delve into the source code quite often. I report bugs as I find them.

And I have to sell eXist to people who sometimes have reservations about open-source (however invalid those reservations may be). I would welcome a slightly more disciplined SCM process. But only slightly.

Jason Smith
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Better still, next time maybe you could start your testing sooner, Jason (eg. using SVN trunk) and help to improve the
final release rather than whining that more SCM processes and delays are required at the nth hour? And let me tell you,
your comments do sound like whining to me.
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Re: How do I sign the JAR files again?

2009-11-11T07:16:06Z

> Let me illustrate. Even if I specify that the exist files should be signed,
> the "dist-war" target comes along and rebuilds them.

This is bad indeed. "dist-war" should not rebuild the jars. Ok, this
means I need to upload another build. I hope it's the last one now.

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Re: Lucene question

2009-11-11T06:47:43Z

Torsten,

> (in general) I was aware of the fact but does this mean it is not
> possible to store an attribute in the index?

No, it is possible! I store @id attributes using this index definition:

<lucene boost="1.0">
<text qname="@id"/>
</lucene>

I can query this attribute as follows:

//volume[ft:query(./@id, 'frus*')]

Oddly, I notice that moving the attribute outside the predicate
returns no results for me either:

//volume/@id[ft:query(., 'frus*')]

So, I'd suggest trying (1) moving your attribute inside the predicate
and (2) confirm whether you need a wildcard ('*') or other Lucene
search operator to match the desired results.

Joe

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Re: file module

2009-11-11T06:33:59Z

Den 2009-11-11 14:31, Joop Ringelberg skrev:
> Well,
> glad I found it... my two cents contribution to the next version ;-)
> Anything I can do to use the file module in the current RC?

Yes, if you installed the source (or do so). Then enable build of the
file module in $EXIST_HOME/extensions/local.build.properties
by inserting (creating the file if necessary)
include.module.file = true

and issue a

$EXIST_HOME/build.sh rebuild
or
$EXIST_HOME/build.bat rebuild

depending on your environment.

Cheers,
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