Questions tagged [exist-db]

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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How to compare GMT and EST time from xml using xquery

I ran into this problem: I fetch rss feeds from various webpages and then i need to order them by date. I'm using xquery for xml manipulation and eXist database for storing rss/xml. Here is my code: for $item in…
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In XQuery, with eXist, how to get the child collections of the current collection?

The problem I have a query that gets executed by eXist through the REST API, and it gets POSTed to the collection it needs to run on, e.g. /db/foo or /db/bar. In the query, I'd like to get the child collections of the current collection. That is: if…
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Storing xml file into eXist xml database with XQuery

I'm noob with this stuff, so can someone please give me some example how to store an xml file (rss feed) into eXist database with XQuery? i would be really grateful. thanks! P.S. is it possible to use YQL for this kind of work?
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xquery full search text of children

Is it possible to do a search for a key words in an exist-db using xquery? I've tried using //foo//@val[. &= $param] But this returns an error because this isn't supported with my version of exist-db (1.4.2) What is the best way to do a search…
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SAXParseException with XQJ and eXist

I have a problem with the XQJ API and eXist. Whenever I try to query my files inside the eXist db I get an XQJTO013 - org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 928; columnNumber: 354; The reference to entity "quotDer" must end with the ';'…
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eXist db files (words.dbx and dom.dbx) keep increasing in size, how do I reduce them?

We are using Orbeon forms 3.7.1 which uses the eXist database 1.2.4. The problem we are hitting is that the .dbx files keep increasing in size even after the sessions have expired. Specifically the words.dbx and dom.dbx. The only way (I know) to…
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GET and .xq files

When using exist-db, a GET message will obtain an entire file from a collection (by providing the URI). In the case of a .xq file, however, the same GET message will instead execute the file. I am wondering if there is anything I can attach to a…
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Do we need to update Orbeon?

We are trying to use the fr:error-summary component inside a 4 year old orbeon project but we can't make it work. We get the following error message: Error Message Cannot load "/xbl/orbeon/error-summary/error-summary.xbl" with webapp…
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Pass parameter from xquery to xslt

I would like to transform xml using xslt but important variable comes from request. I have such xquery: let $transform := doc("projekt.xsl") let $serialization-options := 'method=xml media-type=text/xml omit-xml-declaration=yes indent=no' let…
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multiple get parameter with xf:load

I'm building a webapplication with eXist as backend. I wanna load a new ressource with the xf:load element. What I did is this: Trigger
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rest POST request is giving unkown error?

I'm sending a REST POST request from javascript using jQuery ajax to eXist db. In eXist db i have created a collection with the name "test" and now i'm taking inputs from html page and converting them to an XML after that sending an XML through POST…
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How to add an XML file to eXist db form java script?

I'm new to eXist db.I can able to retrieve an xml file from db but how can i store my own XML file into a collection(collection name:test) using AJAX javaScript? My Sample XML file looks like this
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XQuery- will a single file or multiple files would be good in any XML DB

I am having an huge XML file containing the Resumes. This file is in two format viz- A single master file containing all the Resumes for ex- ABC ...... ...... PQR
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Upload file to eXist-db using Java

I'm writing an application which allows for uploading a file to a specific collection in eXist-db. I am basing this application off code I found on the eXist web site. Unfortunately, the code does not seem to work - when I test it an error message…
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Growing eXist database

I'm using Orbeon Forms, and eXist to store filled forms there. And I have next problem, eXist is growing more than 500 MB per day. If I will made reserve copy of whole database, then will delete all DB files, and restore reserved copy, then DB is…
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