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eXist-db is an open-source database management system built using XML technology. It stores XML data according to the XML data model and features efficient, index-based XQuery processing.

EXist-db is a native XML Database. Resources are stored in a directory-like structure called collections. There are different ways to access the data: XML-RPC, REST, WebDAV, SOAP, XUpdate, XMLDB and so on.

EXist-db is released under the GNU LGPL.

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exist.db Error during trigger prepare

If I'm trying to modify or even create a file in a project folder inside my exist-db (Version 3.4.1) the following error appears. Message: XMLDBException: Failed to invoke method parse in class org.exist.xmlrpc.RpcConnection:…
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Exist-db text module for xquery not working

I've recently discovered this module for xquery on exist db here. There are few methods that I would need to use, but I fail to use them properly. I have a series of test xml files in one collection, and they are all in this form some…
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How to edit a xml file via browser with eXist-db and xsltForms

I am relatively new to eXist-db. I have already built an application which displays XML documents in the browser, and implemented a basic search. I have an .xml file which functions as a database; it contains records such as:
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Querying files stored in eXist-db with XQuery

I've used one XML database eXist-db to do some XQuery testing. I have an xml collection called "media_data_101109.xml", and I've put it in direcotry /db/wb/portfolio/media_data_101109.xml Then I went to the eXist Sandbox, which is a GUI for doing…
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How to abort and cleanup app installation on eXist instance that don't meet the specs?

Here is the problem: I have one substantial app that will not run on exist instances with default minimum memory configuration. Now despite this figuring prominently on the installation instructions. User's keep trying to install and consequently…
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OXygen Implementation of XQuery: Why Can't Path Expressions Return Attribute Values Directly?

Previous Stack questions indicate that in certain implementations of XQuery, returning attributes directly from a path expression (e.g. `$doc//@name') fails to display results and yields runtime errors: Can't select XML attributes with Oxygen XQuery…
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exist-db: XQuery and documents with XInclude

I'm embarking on a new project with eXist. We'll be storing a few hundred TEI XML documents that represent manuscripts. A number of things we want to capture are repetitve, mainly people and places. My colleague has asked the TEI community about…
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Xquery err:XPST0017 Function parse-json()

I tried to use the following function in an XQuery in eXide from eXist-db: let $x := parse-json(substring-before(substring-after($body,'('),');')) but it gives me the following error: err:XPST0017 Function parse-json() is not defined in module…
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XQuery error XPST0003 syntax error

I want to query a site and generate HTML. I am new to XQuery. I am using eXide from eXist-db. I tried to use oXygen but keep having troubles with the eXist-db. Besides that I don't understand why this code does not work in eXide: xquery version…
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How to upload and save a picture with eXist-db?

I am tryng to upload a picture and store it in exist-db but i get the next error when opening the stored picture: Cannot open specified file: Could not recognize image encoding. I have tryed the next code with a small adjustment for normal txt…
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How to suppress eXist-db betterForms CSS?

I wonder if it is possible to suppress eXist-db betterForms CSS. I have googled for it, and the solution I have found here was to add the CSS class no-bf-css to the body element the HTML page, but it doesn't seem to work.
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How to download and save a picture with eXist-db?

I am using eXist-db and I am trying to download a picture and save it on local disk with XQuery. I have trIed the following code: declare namespace xmldb="http://exist-db.org/xquery/xmldb"; import module namespace…
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eXist-db eXide editor not showing collections

When I open eXide while running eXist-db it doesn't show any of my collections. I recently updated to the latest version and now the collections show in the dashboard but not in eXide.
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How to discard line breaks in XSL-FO generated inside an eXist-db app?

I am a bit confused by several tips on white space handling in XSL-FO. Sample (inside a paragraph): jeden její prvek i( E ) Attributes…
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Lucene search on contents of several tags (eXist-db)

I have the following lucene indices in collection.xconf My xquery code then makes the following query: let $query-results :=…
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