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Getting Started Guide

Quick Start

• BaseX Database Server: Starting a BaseX Database Server
• BaseX GUI: Starting the graphical user interface to work on local databases
• BaseX Standalone Console Starting the BaseX console to work on local databases

Good to know

• Database & Collections: Basic knowledge about databases and collections in BaseX
• Interact: How to interact with BaseX
  • Commands: Commands for managing BaseX and the databases
  • Settings: Overview of all settable options

Advanced Users Guide

BaseX Database Server

• Introduction: Introduction into the BaseX Database Server
• User management: User management in the client/server environment
• Transactionmanagement: Description of the transactionmanagement
• Logging: Description of the server logs

BaseX GUI

• Views: Description of the views
• Options and Settings: Description of the available options in the GUI

XQuery

Extensions

• Full Text: full text features of XQuery
• Update: update mechanism of XQuery
• Java Bindings: calling of Java methods from XQuery

Functions

• Database: Database-related functions
• Utility: Testing and profiling functions
• Math: functions for mathematical operations
• File: functions for file handling, inspired by EXPath

Indexes

• Overview: All indexes and their functionality

Developer's Guide

Requirements

• Subversion Repository: Checkout the projects
• Integrate: Integrate BaseX into your IDE

Examples

• Coding examples: Examples for developing with the BaseX code base in Java

JavaDoc

see the Javadocs here...

Client Interfaces

• Language bindings: Communicate with the BaseX server using the different language bindings
• REST Interface: Communicate with the BaseX server using the REST interface

Tutorials

BaseX internals

• BaseX & Collections: Work with Collections in BaseX
• Backup & Restore in BaseX: Create a backup and restore it within BaseX

BaseX from extern

• BaseX & oXygen XML Editor; Use BaseX within the oXygen XML Editor
• BaseX & DOM in PHP: Connect to a BaseX Database Server with PHP
• BaseX & REST: Connect to a BaseX Database Server with REST

FAQ

see the FAQ here...