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This page is linked from the [[Getting Started]] Section.
 
This page is linked from the [[Getting Started]] Section.
  
The options listed on this page influence the way how database [[Commands|commands]] are executed and XQuery expressions are evaluated. Options are divided into [[#Global Options|'''global options''']], which are valid for all BaseX instances, and '''local options''', which are specific to a client or session. Values of options are either ''strings'', ''numbers'' or ''booleans''.
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The options listed on this page influence the way how database [[Commands|commands]] are executed and XQuery expressions are evaluated. Two kinds of options exist:
  
The {{Code|.basex}} [[Configuration#Configuration Files|configuration file]] is parsed by every new local BaseX instance. It contains all global options and, optionally, local options at the end of the file.
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* '''[[#Global Options|Global Options]]''' are valid for all BaseX instances in the same JVM. This is particularly relevant if you are working with the client/server architecture.
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* '''Local options''' (all remaining ones) are specific to a client or session.
  
Various ways exist to access and change options:
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Values of options are either ''strings'', ''numbers'' or ''booleans''. Options are ''static'' and not bound to a single operation (for example, the next command). Various ways exist to access and change options:
  
* The current value of an option can be requested with the {{Command|GET}} command. Local options can be changed via {{Command|SET}}. All values are ''static'': They stay valid until they are changed once again by another operation. If an option is of type ''boolean'', and if no value is specified, its current value will be inverted.
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* The current value of an option can be requested with the {{Command|GET}} command. Local options can be changed via {{Command|SET}} (all global options, except for {{Option|DEBUG}}, can only be changed at startup time). If an option is of type ''boolean'', and if no value is specified, its current value will be inverted.
  
* Initial values for global options can also be specified via system properties, which can e.g. be passed on with the [http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/tooldocs/windows/java.html#options -D flag] on command line, or using [http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/System.html#setProperty(java.lang.String,%20java.lang.String) System.setProperty()] before creating a BaseX instance. The specified keys need to be prefixed with {{Code|org.basex.}}. An example:
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* The {{Code|.basex}} [[Configuration#Configuration Files|configuration file]] is parsed by every new local BaseX instance. It contains all global options. Local options can be specified at the end of the file after the {{Code|Local Options}} comment:
  
<pre class="brush:bash">
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<syntaxhighlight lang="perl">
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# General Options
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DEBUG = false
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...
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# Local Options
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CHOP = false
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</syntaxhighlight>
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* Initial values for global options can also be specified via system properties, which can e.g. be passed on with the [https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/tools/java.html -D flag] on command line, or using [https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/System.html#setProperty(java.lang.String,java.lang.String) System.setProperty()] before creating a BaseX instance. The specified keys need to be prefixed with {{Code|org.basex.}}. An example:
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<syntaxhighlight lang="perl">
 
java -Dorg.basex.CHOP=false -cp basex.jar org.basex.BaseX -c"get chop"
 
java -Dorg.basex.CHOP=false -cp basex.jar org.basex.BaseX -c"get chop"
 
CHOP: false
 
CHOP: false
</pre>
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</syntaxhighlight>
  
 
* If using the Mac OS X packaged application then global options can be set within the Info.plist file within the Contents folder of the application package. For example:
 
* If using the Mac OS X packaged application then global options can be set within the Info.plist file within the Contents folder of the application package. For example:
  
    <key>JVMOptions</key>
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<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">
    <array>
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<key>JVMOptions</key>
        <string>-Dorg.basex.CHOP=false</string>
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<array>
    </array>
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  <string>-Dorg.basex.CHOP=false</string>
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</array>
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</syntaxhighlight>
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* In a [[Web Application]], the default can be adjusted in the {{Code|web.xml}} file as follows:
  
* In XQuery, local options can be set via option declarations and pragmas (see [[XQuery Extensions]]).
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<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">
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<context-param>
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  <param-name>org.basex.chop</param-name>
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  <param-value>false</param-value>
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</context-param>
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</syntaxhighlight>
  
If options are implicitly changed by operations in the [[GUI]], the underlying commands will be listed in the [[GUI#Visualizations|Info View]].<br/><br/>
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* In XQuery, local options can be set via option declarations and [[XQuery Extensions#Pragmas|pragmas]].
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If options are changed by operations in the [[GUI]], the underlying commands will be listed in the [[GUI#Visualizations|Info View]].<br/><br/>
  
 
=Global Options=
 
=Global Options=
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
|<code>[[Configuration#Database Directory|{home}/BaseXData]]</code> or <code>[[Configuration#Database Directory|{home}/data]]</code>
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|<code><code>[[Configuration#Database Directory|{home}/data]]</code>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
 
|Points to the directory in which all databases are located.
 
|Points to the directory in which all databases are located.
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|}
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===LOGPATH===
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{| width='100%'
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|-
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
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|{{Code|LOGPATH [path]}}
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|-
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| '''Default'''
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|<code>.logs</code>
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|-
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| '''Summary'''
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|Points to the directory in which all [[Logging|log files]] are stored. Relative paths will be resolved against the {{Option|DBPATH}} directory.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
|<code>[[Configuration#Database Directory|{home}/BaseXRepo]]</code>
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|<code>[[Configuration#Database Directory|{home}/repo]]</code>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
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|}
 
|}
  
===GLOBALLOCK===
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===FAIRLOCK===
  
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
 
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
|{{Code|GLOBALLOCK [boolean]}}
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|{{Code|FAIRLOCK [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Controls if local (database) or global (process) locking will be used for managing read and write operations. The article on [[Transaction Management]] provides more details on concurrency control.
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|Defines the locking strategy:
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* By default, non-fair is used. Read transactions will be favored, and transactions that access no databases can be evaluated even if the limit of parallel transactions (specified via {{Option|PARALLEL}}) has been reached. This prevents update operations from blocking all other requests. For example, the DBA can further be used to see which jobs are running, even if the queue is full.
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* If fair locking is enabled, read and write transactions will be treated equally (first in, first out). This avoids starvation of update operations, and it should be used if the prompt evaluation of update operations is critical.
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|}
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===CACHETIMEOUT===
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{| width='100%'
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|-
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
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|{{Code|CACHETIMEOUT [seconds]}}
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|-
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| '''Default'''
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|{{Code|3600}}
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|-
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| '''Summary'''
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|Specifies how many seconds the results of queries, which have been queued by the [[Jobs Module|asynchronously executed]], will be cached in main memory.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Represents a password, which is used for accessing the server or an HTTP service:
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|Represents a password, which is used for accessing the server:
 
* The default value will be overwritten if a client specifies its own credentials.
 
* The default value will be overwritten if a client specifies its own credentials.
 
* If the default value is empty, login will only be possible if the client specifies credentials.
 
* If the default value is empty, login will only be possible if the client specifies credentials.
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Specifies the HTTP Authentication, which will be proposed by the [[Web Application|HTTP server]] if a client sends an unauthorized request. Allowed values are {{Code|Basic}} and {{Code|Digest}}.
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|Specifies the default authentication method, which will be used by the [[Web Application|HTTP server]] for negotiating credentials. Allowed values are {{Code|Basic}}, {{Code|Digest}}, and {{Code|Custom}}:<br/>
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* If basic access is chosen, the client can still request digest authentication.
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* This is different for digest access, which cannot be overwritten.
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* With custom authentication, the server will not do any authentication.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
 
|This is a list of hosts that should be directly accessed. If the value is an empty string, it will be ignored.
 
|This is a list of hosts that should be directly accessed. If the value is an empty string, it will be ignored.
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|}
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===IGNOREHOSTNAME===
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{| width='100%'
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|-
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
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|{{Code|IGNOREHOSTNAME [boolean]}}
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|-
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| '''Default'''
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|{{Code|false}}
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|-
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| '''Summary'''
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|If this option is enabled, hostnames of certificates will not be verified. Use {{Option|IGNORECERT}} to completely disable certificate verification.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|This option can be turned on to ignore untrusted certificates when connecting to servers. Please use this option carefully.
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|This option can be turned on to ignore untrusted certificates when connecting to servers. Use {{Option|IGNOREHOSTNAME}} to suppress only the hostname verification.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Specifies the maximum time a read-only transaction may take. If an operation takes longer than the specified timeout, it will be aborted. Write operations will not be affected by this timeout, as this would corrupt the integrity of the database. The timeout is deactivated if the timeout is set to {{Code|0}}. It is ignored for operations with [[User Management|admin permissions]].
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|Specifies the maximum time a transaction triggered by a client may take. If an operation takes longer than the specified number of seconds, it will be aborted. Active update operations will not be affected by this timeout, as this would corrupt the integrity of the database. The timeout is deactivated if the timeout is set to {{Code|0}}. It is ignored for operations with [[User Management|admin permissions]].
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Denotes the maximum allowed number of parallel [[Transaction Management|transactions]].<br/>Note that a higher number of parallel operations may increase disk activity and thus slow down queries. In some cases, a single transaction may even give you better results than any parallel activity. The main reason for allowing parallel operations is to prevent slow transactions from blocking all other operations.
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|Denotes the maximum allowed number of parallel [[Transaction Management|transactions]]:
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* If {{Option|FAIRLOCK}} is enabled, the number of parallel transactions will never exceed the specified value.
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* If the option is disabled (which is the default), the limit only applies to transactions that access databases.
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* The main reason for allowing parallel operations is to prevent slow transactions from blocking all other operations. A higher number of parallel operations may increase disk activity and thus slow down queries. In some cases, a single transaction may even give you better results than any parallel activity.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
 
|Specifies the maximum length of a single [[Logging|log message]].
 
|Specifies the maximum length of a single [[Logging|log message]].
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|}
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===LOGTRACE===
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{| width='100%'
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|-
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
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|{{Code|LOGTRACE [boolean]}}
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|-
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| '''Default'''
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|{{Code|true}}
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|-
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| '''Summary'''
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|If BaseX is running as [[Web Application]], trace output (generated via {{Code|fn:trace}}, {{Function|Profiling|prof:dump}} and similar functions) is written to the [[Logging|database logs]]. If this option is disabled, trace output will be redirected to standard error, as it is known from the standalone version of BaseX.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
==HTTP Services==
 
==HTTP Services==
  
If BaseX is run as web servlet, the HTTP options must be specified in the <code>[https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/tree/master/basex-api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF webapp/WEB-INF]</code> directory and the {{Code|jetty.xml}} and {{Code|web.xml}} configuration files.
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Most HTTP options are defined in the {{Code|jetty.xml}} and {{Code|web.xml}} configuration files in the <code>[https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/tree/master/basex-api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF webapp/WEB-INF]</code> directory. Some additional BaseX-specific options exist that will be set before the web server is started:
  
 
===WEBPATH===
 
===WEBPATH===
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
|<code>[[Configuration#Database Directory|{home}/BaseXWeb]]</code> or <code>[[Configuration#Database Directory|{home}/webapp]]</code>
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|<code>[[Configuration#Database Directory|{home}/webapp]]</code>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Points to the directory in which all the [[Web Application]] contents are stored, including XQuery, Script, [[RESTXQ]] and configuration files. This option is ignored if BaseX is deployed as [[Web Application#Servlet_Container|web servlet]].
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|Points to the directory in which all the [[Web Application]] contents are stored, including XQuery, Script, [[RESTXQ]] and configuration files:
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* The option is ignored if BaseX is deployed as [[Web Application#Servlet_Container|web servlet]].
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* It cannot be assigned via the {{Code|web.xml}} file, as it will be evaluated before the configuration files are parsed.
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|}
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===GZIP===
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{| width='100%'
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|-
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
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|{{Code|GZIP [boolean]}}
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|-
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| '''Default'''
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|<code>false</code>
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|-
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| '''Summary'''
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|Jetty provides a [https://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/current/gzip-filter.html Gzip handler] for dynamically uncompressing requests and compressing responses. This feature can be enabled if Jetty is started via the [[Web Application|BaseX HTTP Server]]:
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* The option can also be enabled on [[Command-Line Options#HTTP Server|command line]] via <code>-g</code>.
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* It cannot be assigned via the {{Code|web.xml}} file, as it will be evaluated before the configuration files are parsed.
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* The [https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/blob/7cc552013eb4d05cb603ba0bc85d176c97957cd4/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/gzip/GzipHandler.java#L187-L211 same defaults] of the web server will be applied (support for GET requests, exclusion of binaries, MSIE 6.0, etc.).
 
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|}
  
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|}
 
|}
  
===CACHERESTXQ===
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===PARSERESTXQ===
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{| width='100%'
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|-
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
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|{{Code|PARSERESTXQ}}
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|-
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| '''Default'''
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|{{Code|3}}
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|-
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| '''Summary'''
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|Timeout after which the RESTXQ directory will be parsed for changes:
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* If {{Code|0}} is specified, the directory will be parsed every time a RESTXQ function is called.
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* A positive value defines the idle time in seconds after which parsing will be enforced. The default value is {{Code|3}}: Changes in the RESTXQ directory will be detected after 3 seconds without RESTXQ function calls.
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* Monitoring is completely disabled if a negative value is specified.
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See [[RESTXQ#Preliminaries|RESTXQ Preliminaries]] for more details.
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|}
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===RESTXQERRORS===
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{{Mark|Updated with BaseX 9.5:}} Additionally suppress stack trace in HTTP response.
  
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
 
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
|{{Code|CACHERESTXQ}}
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|{{Code|RESTXQERRORS}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
|{{Code|false}}
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|{{Code|true}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Caches [[RESTXQ]] modules once when starting the web application.<br/>The option is helpful in productive environments with a high load, but files should not be replaced while the web server is running.
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|Reports parsing errors in XQuery modules in the RESTXQ directory and returns the full error message and stack trace to the client. By default, this option is enabled. In a production environment, it can be disabled to suppress errors that should not be seen by the user of an API (the full error information can still be looked up in the database logs). See [[RESTXQ#Error Handling|RESTXQ Error Handling]] for more details.
 
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|}
  
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|By default, if BaseX is run as [[Web Application]], a database server instance will be started as soon as the first HTTP service is called. The server can then be addressed by other BaseX clients in parallel to the HTTP services.<br/>If the option is set to {{Code|false}}, the database server will be disabled.
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|By default, if BaseX is run as [[Web Application]], the database server instance will be started in addition, which can then be addressed by [[Clients]] via the database port (see {{Option|PORT}}).<br/>If the option is set to {{Code|true}}, no database server will be launched.
 
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|If this option is turned on, new databases will be exclusively created in main memory. Most queries will be evaluated faster in main memory mode, but all data is lost if BaseX is shut down. The value of this option will be assigned once to a new database, and cannot be changed after that.
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|If this option is turned on, new databases will be created in main memory:
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* Most queries will be evaluated faster in main-memory mode, but all data is lost if the BaseX instance in which the database was created is shut down.
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* It is not possible to store binary resources in a main-memory database.
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* A main-memory database will have no disk representation. However, it is possible to export the database via the {{Command|EXPORT}} command, and create a new database from the exported file in a second step.
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* This option will not be available for [[Database Module#db:create|db:create]], because the database would not be accessible anymore after database creation, i. e., outside the query scope.
 
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|If this option is activated, and if new resources are added to a database, all files that are not filtered by the {{Option|CREATEFILTER}} option will be added as ''raw'' files (i.e., in their binary representation).
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|If this option is enabled, all resources that are filtered out by the {{Option|CREATEFILTER}} option while being added to a database will be stored as [[Binary Data|raw files]] instead (i.e., in their binary representation).
 
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Defines a [[Parsers|parser]] for importing new files to the database. Currently, 'XML', 'JSON', 'CSV', 'TEXT', 'HTML' are available as parsers. HTML will be parsed as normal XML files if [http://home.ccil.org/~cowan/XML/tagsoup/ Tagsoup] is not found in the classpath.
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|Defines a [[Parsers|parser]] for importing new files to the database. Available parsers are {{Code|XML}}, {{Code|JSON}}, {{Code|CSV}}, {{Code|TEXT}}, {{Code|HTML}}, and {{Code|RAW}}. HTML input will be parsed as XML documents if [[Parsers#HTML_Parser|Tagsoup]] is not found in the classpath.
 
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Specifies the way how CSV data will be parsed. The available options are listed in the [[CSV Module#Options|CSV Module]].
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|Specifies the way how CSV data will be parsed. Keys and values are delimited with <code>=</code>, and multiple options are delimited with <code>,</code>. The available options (except for the additional <code>encoding</code> option) are described in the [[CSV Module#Options|CSV Module]].
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|-
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| '''Examples'''
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|<code>encoding=CP1252,header=true</code> parses the input as CP1252 and the first line as header.
 
|}
 
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Specifies the way how JSON data will be parsed. The available options are listed in the [[JSON Module#Options|JSON Module]].
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|Specifies the way how JSON data will be parsed. Keys and values are delimited with <code>=</code>, and multiple options are delimited with <code>,</code>. The available options (except for the additional <code>encoding</code> option) are described in the [[JSON Module#Options|JSON Module]].
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|-
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| '''Examples'''
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|<code>format=jsonml,lax=yes</code> interprets the input as JSONML and uses lax parsing.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Specifies the way how HTML data will be parsed. Available options are listed in the [[Parsers]] article.
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|Specifies the way how HTML data will be parsed. Keys and values are delimited with <code>=</code>, and multiple options are delimited with <code>,</code>. The available options are described in the [[Parsers#Options|Parsers]] article.
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|-
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| '''Examples'''
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|
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* <code>encoding=Shift-JIS,nons=true</code> parses the input as Sihft-JIS and suppresses namespaces.
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* <code>lexical=true</code> preserves comments.
 
|}
 
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Specifies the way how TEXT data will be parsed. Available options are listed in the [[Parsers]] article.
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|Specifies the way how TEXT data will be parsed. Keys and values are delimited with <code>=</code>, and multiple options are delimited with <code>,</code>. The available options are listed in the [[Parsers]] article.
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|-
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| '''Examples'''
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|<code>lines=true</code> creates a single element for each line of text.
 
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Many XML documents include whitespaces that have been added to improve readability. This option controls the [http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-white-space white-space processing mode] of the XML parser:
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|Many XML documents include whitespaces that have been added to improve readability. This option controls the [https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-white-space white-space processing mode] of the XML parser:
 
* With the default value {{Code|true}}, leading and trailing whitespaces from text nodes will be chopped and all empty text nodes will be discarded.
 
* With the default value {{Code|true}}, leading and trailing whitespaces from text nodes will be chopped and all empty text nodes will be discarded.
 
* The flag should be turned off if a document contains [[Full-Text#Mixed Content|mixed content]].
 
* The flag should be turned off if a document contains [[Full-Text#Mixed Content|mixed content]].
 
* The flag can also be turned off on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] via <code>-w</code>.
 
* The flag can also be turned off on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] via <code>-w</code>.
* If the <code>xml:space="preserve"</code> attribute is attached to an element, chopping will be turned off for all descendant text nodes. In the following example document, the whitespaces in the text nodes of the {{Code|text}} element will not be chopped:
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* If the <code>xml:space="preserve"</code> attribute is attached to an element, chopping will be turned off for all descendant text nodes.  
<pre class="brush:xml">
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In the following example document, the whitespaces in the text nodes of the {{Code|text}} element will not be chopped:
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<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">
 
<xml>
 
<xml>
 
   <title>
 
   <title>
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   <text xml:space="preserve">To <b>be</b>, or not to <b>be</b>, that is the question.</text>
 
   <text xml:space="preserve">To <b>be</b>, or not to <b>be</b>, that is the question.</text>
 
</xml>
 
</xml>
</pre>
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</syntaxhighlight>
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It is recommendable to additionally assign <code>indent=no</code> to the {{Option|SERIALIZER}} option; otherwise the serialized documents will automatically be indented.
 
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Uses the internal XML parser instead of the standard Java XML parser. The internal parser is faster, more fault tolerant and supports common HTML entities out-of-the-box, but it does not support all features needed for parsing DTDs.
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|Uses the internal XML parser instead of the standard Java XML parser. Here are some reasons for using the internal parser:
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* Performance: Documents (in particular small ones) will be parsed faster
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* Fault tolerance: invalid characters will automatically be replaced with the Unicode replacement character <code>FFFD</code> (&#xFFFD;)
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* Entities: around 250 HTML entities will be detected and decoded
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You will be able to correctly parse most XML documents with the internal parser. Java’s Xerces parser is still used as default, however, because it supports all features of the XML standard and advanced DTD features, such as recursive entity expansion.
 
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Specifies a catalog file to locally resolve DTDs. See the entry on [[Catalog Resolver]]s for more details.
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|Semicolon-separated list of XML catalog files to resolve URIs. See [[Catalog Resolver]]s for more details.
 
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===TOKENINDEX===
 
===TOKENINDEX===
 
{{Mark|Introduced with Version 8.4:}}
 
  
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
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===TOKENINCLUDE===
 
===TOKENINCLUDE===
 
{{Mark|Introduced with Version 8.4:}}
 
  
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Specifies the maximum length of strings that are to be indexed by the name, path, value, and full-text index structures. The value of this option will be assigned once to a new database, and cannot be changed after that.
+
|Specifies the maximum length for strings to be stored in [[Indexes|index structures]]. The value of this option will be assigned once to a new database, and can only be changed by creating a new database or doing a [[Commands#OPTIMIZE|full optimization]].
 
|}
 
|}
  
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===SPLITSIZE===
 
===SPLITSIZE===
 
{{Mark|Introduced with Version 8.4:}}
 
  
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|This option affects the [[Indexes#Index Construction|construction]] of new text and attribute indexes. It controls the number of index build operations that are performed before writing partial index data to disk:
+
|This option affects the [[Indexes#Performance|construction]] of new value indexes. It controls the number of index build operations that are performed before writing partial index data to disk:
 +
* By default, if the value is set to {{Code|0}}, some heuristics are applied, based on the current memory consumption. Usually, this works fine.
 +
* If explicit garbage collection is disabled when running Java (e.g. via the JVM option {{Code|-XX:+DisableExplicitGC}}), you may need to choose a custom split size.
 +
* You can e. g. start with {{Code|1000000}} (one million) index operations and adjust this value in the next steps.
 
* The larger the assigned value is, the less splits will take place, and the more main memory will be required.
 
* The larger the assigned value is, the less splits will take place, and the more main memory will be required.
* By default, if the value is set to {{Code|0}}, some heuristics are applied, based on the current memory consumption.
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
==Full-Text==
+
==Full-Text Indexing==
  
 
===STEMMING===
 
===STEMMING===
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|The specified language will influence the way how an input text will be tokenized. This option is mainly important if tokens are to be stemmed, or if the tokenization of a language differs from Western languages. See [[Indexes#Full-Text Index|Full-Text Index]] for more details.
+
|The specified language will influence the way how texts will be tokenized and stemmed. It can be the name of a language or a language code. See [[Indexes#Full-Text Index|Full-Text Index]] for more details.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|A new full-text index will drop tokens that are listed in the specified stopword list. A stopword list may decrease the size of the full text index. See [[Indexes#Full-Text Index|Full-Text Index]] for more details.
+
|If a text file with stop words is specified, frequently used terms contained in that file will be ignored when a full-text index is created. A stopword list may decrease the size of the full text index and speed up your queries. See [[Indexes#Full-Text Index|Full-Text Index]] for more details.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
 
|Prints more information on internal query rewritings, optimizations, and performance. By default, this info is shown in the [[GUI#Visualizations|Info View]] in the GUI. It can also be activated on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] via <code>-V</code>.  
 
|Prints more information on internal query rewritings, optimizations, and performance. By default, this info is shown in the [[GUI#Visualizations|Info View]] in the GUI. It can also be activated on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] via <code>-V</code>.  
|}
 
 
===XQUERY3===
 
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|XQUERY3}}
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
|{{Code|true}}
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
|Enables all [[XQuery 3.0]] features supported by BaseX. If this option is set to {{Code|false}}, the XQuery parser will only accept expressions of the XQuery 1.0 specification.
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Allows queries to both contain updating and non-updating expressions. All updating constraints will be turned off, and nodes to be returned will be copied before they are modified by an updating expression. By default, this option is set to {{Code|false}}, because the XQuery Update Facility does not allow an updating query to [[XQuery Update#Returning Results|return results]].
+
|Allows queries to both contain updating and non-updating expressions. All updating constraints will be turned off, and nodes to be returned will be copied before they are modified by an updating expression. By default, in compliance with the XQuery Update Facility, this option is set to {{Code|false}}. See [[XQuery Update#Returning Results|Returning Results]] for more details.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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* Commas in values must be duplicated.
 
* Commas in values must be duplicated.
 
* Variables may optionally be introduced with a leading dollar sign.
 
* Variables may optionally be introduced with a leading dollar sign.
* If a variable uses a namespace different to the default namespace, it can be specified with the [http://www.jclark.com/xml/xmlns.htm Clark Notation] or [http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-30/#id-basics Expanded QName Notation].
+
* If a variable uses a namespace different to the default namespace, it can be specified with the [http://www.jclark.com/xml/xmlns.htm Clark Notation] or [https://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-30/#id-basics Expanded QName Notation].
 
This option can also be used on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] with the flag <code>-b</code>.
 
This option can also be used on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] with the flag <code>-b</code>.
 
|-
 
|-
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* <code>a=1,,2</code> &nbsp; binds the value {{Code|1,2}} to the variable $a
 
* <code>a=1,,2</code> &nbsp; binds the value {{Code|1,2}} to the variable $a
 
* <code>{URI}a=x</code> &nbsp; binds the value {{Code|x}} to the variable $a with the namespace {{Code|URI}}.
 
* <code>{URI}a=x</code> &nbsp; binds the value {{Code|x}} to the variable $a with the namespace {{Code|URI}}.
* In the following [[Commands#Command_Scripts| Command Script]], the value {{Code|hello world!}} is bound to the variable $GREETING:
+
* In the following [[Commands#Command_Scripts| Command Script]], the value {{Code|hello world!}} is bound to the variable {{Code|$GREETING}}:
<pre class="brush:xml">
+
<syntaxhighlight lang="xquery">
 
SET BINDINGS GREETING="hello world!"
 
SET BINDINGS GREETING="hello world!"
 
XQUERY declare variable $GREETING external; $GREETING
 
XQUERY declare variable $GREETING external; $GREETING
</pre>
+
</syntaxhighlight>
 
|}
 
|}
  
===QUERYPATH===
+
===INLINELIMIT===
 +
 
 +
{{Mark|Updated with Version 9.5:}} default reduced to 50.
  
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
 
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
|{{Code|QUERYPATH [path]}}
+
|{{Code|INLINELIMIT}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
|''empty''
+
|{{Code|50}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|This option controls inlining of XQuery functions:
 +
* The XQuery compiler inlines functions to speed up query evaluation.
 +
* Inlining will only take place if a function body is not too large (i.e., if it does not contain too many expressions).
 +
* With this option, this maximum number of expressions can be specified.
 +
* Function inlining can be turned off by setting the value to {{Code|0}}.
 +
* The limit can be locally overwritten via the [[XQuery Extensions#Function Inlining|%basex:inline]] annotation (follow the link to get more information on function inlining).
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===UNROLLLIMIT===
 +
 
 +
{{Mark|Introduced with Version 9.6:}}
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|UNROLLLIMIT}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|{{Code|5}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|This option controls the unroll limit:
 +
* Loops with few iterations are ''unrolled'' by the XQuery compiler to enable further optimizations.
 +
* If the limit is increased, more optimizations will take place, but the memory consumption and compile time will increase.
 +
* See [[XQuery Optimizations#Loop Unrolling|Loop Unrolling]] for more details.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===ENFORCEINDEX===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|ENFORCEINDEX [boolean]}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|{{Code|false}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Contains the path (''base URI'') to the executed query (default: ''empty''). This directory will be used to resolve relative paths to documents, query modules, and other resources addressed in a query.
+
|Enforces index rewritings in path expressions. See [[Indexes#Enforce Rewritings|Enforce Rewritings]] for details.
 
|}
 
|}
  
===INLINELIMIT===
+
===COPYNODE===
  
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
 
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
|{{Code|INLINELIMIT}}
+
|{{Code|COPYNODE [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
|{{Code|100}}
+
|{{Code|true}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|The XQuery compiler inlines functions to speed up query evaluation. Inlining will only take place if a function body is not too large (i.e., if it does not contain too many expressions). With this option, this maximum number of expressions can be specified.<br/>Function inlining can be turned off by setting the value to {{Code|0}}. The limit can be locally overridden via the <code>[[XQuery_3.0#Annotations|%basex:inline]]</code> annotation.
+
|When creating new nodes in XQuery via [https://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-31/#id-constructors Node Constructors], all enclosed nodes will be copied, and all resulting nodes will get new node identities. This step can be very expensive, and it can be disabled with this option. The option should be used carefully, as it changes the standard behavior of XQuery. It should preferrably be used in [[XQuery Extensions#Database Pragmas|Pragmas]].
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Specifies how many stack frames of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tail_call tail-calls] are allowed on the stack at any time. When this limit is reached, tail-call optimization takes place and some call frames are eliminated. The feature can be turned off by setting the value to {{Code|-1}}.
+
|Specifies how many stack frames of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tail_call tail-calls] are allowed on the stack at any time. When this limit is reached, tail-call optimization takes place and some call frames are eliminated. The feature can be turned off by setting the value to {{Code|-1}}.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===WITHDB===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|WITHDB}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|{{Code|true}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|By default, resources specified via [[Databases#XML Documents|fn:doc]] and [[Databases#XML Documents|fn:collection]] are looked up both in the database and in the file system. If you always use {{Function|Database|db:open}} to access databases, it is recommendable to disable this option:
 +
* No locks will be created for the two functions (see [[Transaction Management#Limitations|limitations of database locking]] for more details).
 +
* Access to local and external resources will be faster, as the database lookup will be skipped.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|If this option is turned off, strings from external sources will be adopted as is, i. e., without being checked for valid XML characters:
+
|By default, characters from external sources that are invalid in XML will trigger an error. If the option is set to <code>false</code>, these characters will be replaced with the Unicode replacement character <code>FFFD</code> (&#xFFFD;). The option affects [[Java Bindings]] and string conversion and input functions such as [[Archive Module#archive:create|archive:create]], [[Archive Module#archive:extract-text|archive:extract-text]], [[Archive Module#archive:update|archive:update]], and [[ZIP Module#zip:text-entry|zip:text-entry]].
* This option affects [[Java Bindings]] and the string conversion and input functions [[Archive Module#archive:create|archive:create]], [[Archive Module#archive:extract-text|archive:extract-text]], [[Archive Module#archive:update|archive:update]], [[Conversion Module#convert:binary-to-string|convert:binary-to-string]], [[Fetch Module#fetch:text|fetch:text]], [[File Module#file:read-text|file:read-text]], and [[ZIP Module#zip:text-entry|zip:text-entry]].
 
* Please be aware that an inconsiderate use of this option may cause unexpected behavior when storing or outputting strings.
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|This option specifies the maximum Levenshtein error for the BaseX-specific fuzzy match option. See the page on [[Full-Text#Fuzzy_Querying|Full-Texts]] for more information on fuzzy querying.
+
|This option specifies the maximum Levenshtein error for fuzzy full-text matching. By default, if {{Code|0}} is assigned, the error value is calculated dynamically. See [[Full-Text#Fuzzy_Querying|Fuzzy Querying]] for more details.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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| '''Examples'''
 
| '''Examples'''
 
|
 
|
 +
* <code>indent=no</code> : disables automatic indentation of XML nodes. This is usually a good choice when working with [[Full-Text#Mixed Content|Mixed-Content Data]].
 
* <code>encoding=US-ASCII,omit-xml-declaration=no</code> : sets the encoding to {{Code|US-ASCII}} and prints the XML declaration.
 
* <code>encoding=US-ASCII,omit-xml-declaration=no</code> : sets the encoding to {{Code|US-ASCII}} and prints the XML declaration.
 
* <code>item-separator=,,</code> : separates serialized items by a single comma.
 
* <code>item-separator=,,</code> : separates serialized items by a single comma.
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Contains parameters for exporting all resources of a database. Keys and values are separated by equality signs, multiple parameters are delimited by commas. See [[Serialization]] for more details.
+
|Contains parameters for exporting resources of a database and writing files after updates via the {{Option|WRITEBACK}} option. Keys and values are separated by equality signs, multiple parameters are delimited by commas. See [[Serialization]] for more details.
 +
|-
 +
| '''Examples'''
 +
|
 +
* <code>indent=no,omit-xml-declaration=no</code> : disables automatic indentation of XML nodes, outputs the XML declaration.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|}
 
|}
  
===DOTPLAN===
+
===FULLPLAN===
 
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|DOTPLAN [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
|{{Code|false}}
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
|Saves the query plan of an XQuery expression as {{Code|.dot}} file in the current working directory, using the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOT_(graph_description_language) graph description language]. The output file can e.g. be visualized with [http://www.graphviz.org Graphviz].
 
|}
 
 
 
===DOTCOMPACT===
 
  
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
 
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
|{{Code|DOTCOMPACT [boolean]}}
+
|{{Code|FULLPLAN [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Chooses a compact dot representation.
+
|Attaches the file path, line and column of the expressions in the original query string to the query plan. Values (items and sequences) have no input information attached.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Propagates updates on main-memory instances of files that have been retrieved via [[Databases#XML Documents|fn:doc]] and [[Databases#XML Documents|fn:collection]] back to disk. This option can also be activated on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] via <code>-u</code>. Please note that, when turning this option on, your original files will not be backed up.
+
|Propagates updates on main-memory instances of files that have been retrieved via [[Databases#XML Documents|fn:doc]] and [[Databases#XML Documents|fn:collection]] back to disk:
 +
* This option can also be activated on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] via <code>-u</code>.
 +
* Please take in mind that no backup will be created from your original files.
 +
* The serialization options can be controlled via the {{Option|EXPORTER}} option.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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=Changelog=
 
=Changelog=
 +
 +
;Version 9.6
 +
* Added: {{Option|UNROLLLIMIT}}
 +
 +
;Version 9.5
 +
* Updated: {{Option|INLINELIMIT}}: default reduced to 50.
 +
* Updated: {{Option|RESTXQERRORS}}: additionally suppress stack trace in HTTP response
 +
 +
;Version 9.4
 +
* Added: {{Option|LOGTRACE}}
 +
 +
;Version 9.3
 +
* Added: {{Option|WITHDB}}, {{Option|GZIP}}
 +
 +
;Version 9.2
 +
* Added: {{Option|RESTXQERRORS}}, {{Option|FULLPLAN}}
 +
* Removed: <code>DOTPLAN</code>, <code>DOTCOMPACT</code>
 +
 +
;Version 9.0
 +
* Added: {{Option|ENFORCEINDEX}}, {{Option|COPYNODE}}, {{Option|IGNOREHOSTNAME}}
 +
 +
;Version 8.6
 +
* Added: {{Option|FAIRLOCK}}, {{Option|PARSERESTXQ}}
 +
* Removed: {{Code|GLOBALLOCK}} (exclusive use of database lock)
 +
* Removed: {{Code|QUERYPATH}} (will now be internally assigned)
 +
* Removed: {{Code|CACHERESTXQ}} (replaced with PARSERESTXQ)
 +
 +
;Version 8.5
 +
* Added: {{Option|CACHETIMEOUT}}, {{Option|LOGPATH}}
 +
* Updated: {{Option|AUTHMETHOD}}: {{Code|custom}} value added.
  
 
;Version 8.4
 
;Version 8.4
 
 
* Added: {{Option|TOKENINDEX}}, {{Option|TOKENINCLUDE}}
 
* Added: {{Option|TOKENINDEX}}, {{Option|TOKENINCLUDE}}
 
* Added: {{Option|SPLITSIZE}} (replacing <code>INDEXSPLITSIZE</code> and <code>FTINDEXSPLITSIZE</code>)
 
* Added: {{Option|SPLITSIZE}} (replacing <code>INDEXSPLITSIZE</code> and <code>FTINDEXSPLITSIZE</code>)
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;Version 8.3
 
;Version 8.3
 
 
* Added: {{Option|CACHERESTXQ}}, {{Option|TEXTINCLUDE}}, {{Option|ATTRINCLUDE}}, {{Option|FTINCLUDE}}, {{Option|ARCHIVENAME}}
 
* Added: {{Option|CACHERESTXQ}}, {{Option|TEXTINCLUDE}}, {{Option|ATTRINCLUDE}}, {{Option|FTINCLUDE}}, {{Option|ARCHIVENAME}}
  
 
;Version 8.2
 
;Version 8.2
 
 
* Removed: <code>EVENTPORT</code>, <code>CACHEQUERY</code>
 
* Removed: <code>EVENTPORT</code>, <code>CACHEQUERY</code>
  
 
;Version 8.1
 
;Version 8.1
 
 
* Added: {{Option|IGNORECERT}}, {{Option|RESTPATH}}
 
* Added: {{Option|IGNORECERT}}, {{Option|RESTPATH}}
  
 
;Version 8.0
 
;Version 8.0
 
 
* Added: {{Option|MIXUPDATES}}, {{Option|AUTOOPTIMIZE}}, {{Option|AUTHMETHOD}}, {{Option|XINCLUDE}}
 
* Added: {{Option|MIXUPDATES}}, {{Option|AUTOOPTIMIZE}}, {{Option|AUTHMETHOD}}, {{Option|XINCLUDE}}
 
* Updated: {{Option|PROXYPORT}}: default set to 0; will be ignored. {{Option|PROXYHOST}}, {{Option|NONPROXYHOSTS}}: empty strings will be ignored.
 
* Updated: {{Option|PROXYPORT}}: default set to 0; will be ignored. {{Option|PROXYHOST}}, {{Option|NONPROXYHOSTS}}: empty strings will be ignored.
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;Version 7.7
 
;Version 7.7
 
 
* Added: {{Option|ADDCACHE}}, {{Option|CHECKSTRINGS}}, {{Option|FTINDEXSPLITSIZE}}, {{Option|INDEXSPLITSIZE}}
 
* Added: {{Option|ADDCACHE}}, {{Option|CHECKSTRINGS}}, {{Option|FTINDEXSPLITSIZE}}, {{Option|INDEXSPLITSIZE}}
  
 
;Version 7.6
 
;Version 7.6
 
 
* Added: {{Option|GLOBALLOCK}}
 
* Added: {{Option|GLOBALLOCK}}
 
* Added: store local options in configuration file after {{Code|# Local Options}} comments.
 
* Added: store local options in configuration file after {{Code|# Local Options}} comments.
  
 
;Version 7.5
 
;Version 7.5
 
 
* Added: options can now be set via system properties
 
* Added: options can now be set via system properties
 
* Added: a pragma expression can be used to locally change database options
 
* Added: a pragma expression can be used to locally change database options
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;Version 7.3
 
;Version 7.3
 
 
* Updated: {{Option|KEEPALIVE}}, {{Option|TIMEOUT}}: default values changed
 
* Updated: {{Option|KEEPALIVE}}, {{Option|TIMEOUT}}: default values changed
 
* Removed: {{Code|WILDCARDS}}; new index supports both fuzzy and wildcard queries
 
* Removed: {{Code|WILDCARDS}}; new index supports both fuzzy and wildcard queries
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;Version 7.2
 
;Version 7.2
 
 
* Added: {{Option|PROXYHOST}}, {{Option|PROXYPORT}}, {{Option|NONPROXYHOSTS}}, {{Option|HTMLOPT}}
 
* Added: {{Option|PROXYHOST}}, {{Option|PROXYPORT}}, {{Option|NONPROXYHOSTS}}, {{Option|HTMLOPT}}
 
* Updated: {{Option|TIMEOUT}}: ignore timeout for admin users
 
* Updated: {{Option|TIMEOUT}}: ignore timeout for admin users
  
 
;Version 7.1
 
;Version 7.1
 
 
* Added: {{Option|ADDRAW}}, {{Option|MAXLEN}}, {{Option|MAXCATS}}, {{Option|UPDINDEX}}
 
* Added: {{Option|ADDRAW}}, {{Option|MAXLEN}}, {{Option|MAXCATS}}, {{Option|UPDINDEX}}
 
* Updated: {{Option|BINDINGS}}
 
* Updated: {{Option|BINDINGS}}
  
 
;Version 7.0
 
;Version 7.0
 
 
* Added: {{Option|SERVERHOST}}, {{Option|KEEPALIVE}}, {{Option|AUTOFLUSH}}, {{Option|QUERYPATH}}
 
* Added: {{Option|SERVERHOST}}, {{Option|KEEPALIVE}}, {{Option|AUTOFLUSH}}, {{Option|QUERYPATH}}

Revision as of 09:09, 27 May 2021

This page is linked from the Getting Started Section.

The options listed on this page influence the way how database commands are executed and XQuery expressions are evaluated. Two kinds of options exist:

  • Global Options are valid for all BaseX instances in the same JVM. This is particularly relevant if you are working with the client/server architecture.
  • Local options (all remaining ones) are specific to a client or session.

Values of options are either strings, numbers or booleans. Options are static and not bound to a single operation (for example, the next command). Various ways exist to access and change options:

  • The current value of an option can be requested with the GET command. Local options can be changed via SET (all global options, except for DEBUG, can only be changed at startup time). If an option is of type boolean, and if no value is specified, its current value will be inverted.
  • The .basex configuration file is parsed by every new local BaseX instance. It contains all global options. Local options can be specified at the end of the file after the Local Options comment:

<syntaxhighlight lang="perl">

  1. General Options

DEBUG = false ...

  1. Local Options

CHOP = false </syntaxhighlight>

  • Initial values for global options can also be specified via system properties, which can e.g. be passed on with the -D flag on command line, or using System.setProperty() before creating a BaseX instance. The specified keys need to be prefixed with org.basex.. An example:

<syntaxhighlight lang="perl"> java -Dorg.basex.CHOP=false -cp basex.jar org.basex.BaseX -c"get chop" CHOP: false </syntaxhighlight>

  • If using the Mac OS X packaged application then global options can be set within the Info.plist file within the Contents folder of the application package. For example:

<syntaxhighlight lang="xml"> <key>JVMOptions</key> <array>

 <string>-Dorg.basex.CHOP=false</string>

</array> </syntaxhighlight>

  • In a Web Application, the default can be adjusted in the web.xml file as follows:

<syntaxhighlight lang="xml"> <context-param>

 <param-name>org.basex.chop</param-name>
 <param-value>false</param-value>

</context-param> </syntaxhighlight>

  • In XQuery, local options can be set via option declarations and pragmas.

If options are changed by operations in the GUI, the underlying commands will be listed in the Info View.

Contents

Global Options

Global options are constants. They can only be set in the configuration file or via system properties (see above). One exception is the DEBUG option, which can also be changed at runtime by users with admin permissions.

General Options

DEBUG

Signature DEBUG [boolean]
Default false
Summary Sends internal debug info to STDERR. This option can be turned on to get additional information for development and debugging purposes. It can also be triggered on command line via -d.

DBPATH

Signature DBPATH [path]
Default {home}/data
Summary Points to the directory in which all databases are located.

LOGPATH

Signature LOGPATH [path]
Default .logs
Summary Points to the directory in which all log files are stored. Relative paths will be resolved against the DBPATH directory.

REPOPATH

Signature REPOPATH [path]
Default {home}/repo
Summary Points to the Repository, in which all XQuery modules are located.

LANG

Signature LANG [language]
Default English
Summary Specifies the interface language. Currently, seven languages are available: 'English', 'German', 'French', 'Dutch', 'Italian', 'Japanese', and 'Vietnamese'.

LANGKEY

Signature LANGKEY [boolean]
Default false
Summary Prefixes all texts with the internal language keys. This option is helpful if BaseX is translated into another language, and if you want to see where particular texts are displayed.

FAIRLOCK

Signature FAIRLOCK [boolean]
Default false
Summary Defines the locking strategy:
  • By default, non-fair is used. Read transactions will be favored, and transactions that access no databases can be evaluated even if the limit of parallel transactions (specified via PARALLEL) has been reached. This prevents update operations from blocking all other requests. For example, the DBA can further be used to see which jobs are running, even if the queue is full.
  • If fair locking is enabled, read and write transactions will be treated equally (first in, first out). This avoids starvation of update operations, and it should be used if the prompt evaluation of update operations is critical.

CACHETIMEOUT

Signature CACHETIMEOUT [seconds]
Default 3600
Summary Specifies how many seconds the results of queries, which have been queued by the asynchronously executed, will be cached in main memory.

Client/Server Architecture

HOST

Signature HOST [host]
Default localhost
Summary This host name is used by the client when connecting to a server. This option can also be changed when running the client on command line via -n.

PORT

Signature PORT [port]
Default 1984
Summary This port is used by the client when connecting to a server. This option can also be changed when running the client on command line via -p.

SERVERPORT

Signature SERVERPORT [port]
Default 1984
Summary This is the port the database server will be listening to. This option can also be changed when running the server on command line via -p.

USER

Signature USER [name]
Default empty
Summary Represents a user name, which is used for accessing the server or an HTTP service:
  • The default value will be overwritten if a client specifies its own credentials.
  • If the default value is empty, login will only be possible if the client specifies credentials.
  • The option can also be changed on command line via -U.

PASSWORD

Signature PASSWORD [password]
Default empty
Summary Represents a password, which is used for accessing the server:
  • The default value will be overwritten if a client specifies its own credentials.
  • If the default value is empty, login will only be possible if the client specifies credentials.
  • The option can also be changed on command line via -P.
  • Please note that it is a security risk to specify your password in plain text.

AUTHMETHOD

Signature AUTHMETHOD [method]
Default Basic
Summary Specifies the default authentication method, which will be used by the HTTP server for negotiating credentials. Allowed values are Basic, Digest, and Custom:
  • If basic access is chosen, the client can still request digest authentication.
  • This is different for digest access, which cannot be overwritten.
  • With custom authentication, the server will not do any authentication.

SERVERHOST

Signature SERVERHOST [host|ip]
Default empty
Summary This is the host name or ip address the server is bound to. If the option is set to an empty string (which is the default), the server will be open to all clients.

PROXYHOST

Signature PROXYHOST [host]
Default empty
Summary This is the host name of a proxy server. If the value is an empty string, it will be ignored.

PROXYPORT

Signature PROXYPORT [port]
Default 0
Summary This is the port number of a proxy server. If the value is set to 0, it will be ignored.

NONPROXYHOSTS

Signature NONPROXYHOSTS [hosts]
Default empty
Summary This is a list of hosts that should be directly accessed. If the value is an empty string, it will be ignored.

IGNOREHOSTNAME

Signature IGNOREHOSTNAME [boolean]
Default false
Summary If this option is enabled, hostnames of certificates will not be verified. Use IGNORECERT to completely disable certificate verification.

IGNORECERT

Signature IGNORECERT [boolean]
Default false
Summary This option can be turned on to ignore untrusted certificates when connecting to servers. Use IGNOREHOSTNAME to suppress only the hostname verification.

TIMEOUT

Signature TIMEOUT [seconds]
Default 30
Summary Specifies the maximum time a transaction triggered by a client may take. If an operation takes longer than the specified number of seconds, it will be aborted. Active update operations will not be affected by this timeout, as this would corrupt the integrity of the database. The timeout is deactivated if the timeout is set to 0. It is ignored for operations with admin permissions.

KEEPALIVE

Signature KEEPALIVE [seconds]
Default 600
Summary Specifies the maximum time a client will be remembered by the server. If there has been no interaction with a client for a longer time than specified by this timeout, it will be disconnected. Running operations will not be affected by this option. The keepalive check is deactivated if the value is set to 0.

PARALLEL

Signature PARALLEL [number]
Default 8
Summary Denotes the maximum allowed number of parallel transactions:
  • If FAIRLOCK is enabled, the number of parallel transactions will never exceed the specified value.
  • If the option is disabled (which is the default), the limit only applies to transactions that access databases.
  • The main reason for allowing parallel operations is to prevent slow transactions from blocking all other operations. A higher number of parallel operations may increase disk activity and thus slow down queries. In some cases, a single transaction may even give you better results than any parallel activity.

LOG

Signature LOG [boolean]
Default true
Summary Turns Logging of server operations and HTTP requests on/off. This option can also be changed when running the server on command line via -z.

LOGMSGMAXLEN

Signature LOGMSGMAXLEN [length]
Default 1000
Summary Specifies the maximum length of a single log message.

LOGTRACE

Signature LOGTRACE [boolean]
Default true
Summary If BaseX is running as Web Application, trace output (generated via fn:trace, prof:dump and similar functions) is written to the database logs. If this option is disabled, trace output will be redirected to standard error, as it is known from the standalone version of BaseX.

HTTP Services

Most HTTP options are defined in the jetty.xml and web.xml configuration files in the webapp/WEB-INF directory. Some additional BaseX-specific options exist that will be set before the web server is started:

WEBPATH

Signature WEBPATH [path]
Default {home}/webapp
Summary Points to the directory in which all the Web Application contents are stored, including XQuery, Script, RESTXQ and configuration files:
  • The option is ignored if BaseX is deployed as web servlet.
  • It cannot be assigned via the web.xml file, as it will be evaluated before the configuration files are parsed.

GZIP

Signature GZIP [boolean]
Default false
Summary Jetty provides a Gzip handler for dynamically uncompressing requests and compressing responses. This feature can be enabled if Jetty is started via the BaseX HTTP Server:
  • The option can also be enabled on command line via -g.
  • It cannot be assigned via the web.xml file, as it will be evaluated before the configuration files are parsed.
  • The same defaults of the web server will be applied (support for GET requests, exclusion of binaries, MSIE 6.0, etc.).

RESTXQPATH

Signature RESTXQPATH [path]
Default empty
Summary Points to the directory which contains the RESTXQ modules of a web application. Relative paths will be resolved against the WEBPATH directory.

PARSERESTXQ

Signature PARSERESTXQ
Default 3
Summary Timeout after which the RESTXQ directory will be parsed for changes:
  • If 0 is specified, the directory will be parsed every time a RESTXQ function is called.
  • A positive value defines the idle time in seconds after which parsing will be enforced. The default value is 3: Changes in the RESTXQ directory will be detected after 3 seconds without RESTXQ function calls.
  • Monitoring is completely disabled if a negative value is specified.

See RESTXQ Preliminaries for more details.

RESTXQERRORS

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Signature RESTXQERRORS
Default true
Summary Reports parsing errors in XQuery modules in the RESTXQ directory and returns the full error message and stack trace to the client. By default, this option is enabled. In a production environment, it can be disabled to suppress errors that should not be seen by the user of an API (the full error information can still be looked up in the database logs). See RESTXQ Error Handling for more details.

RESTPATH

Signature RESTPATH [path]
Default empty
Summary Points to the directory which contains XQuery files and command scripts, which can be evaluated via the REST run operation. Relative paths will be resolved against the WEBPATH directory.

HTTPLOCAL

Signature HTTPLOCAL [boolean]
Default false
Summary By default, if BaseX is run as Web Application, the database server instance will be started in addition, which can then be addressed by Clients via the database port (see PORT).
If the option is set to true, no database server will be launched.

STOPPORT

Signature STOPPORT [port]
Default 8985
Summary This is the port on which the HTTP Server can be locally closed:
  • The listener for stopping the web server will only be started if the specified value is greater than 0.
  • The option is ignored if BaseX is used as a Web Application or started via Maven.
  • This option can also be changed when running the HTTP server on command line via -s.

Create Options

General

MAINMEM

Signature MAINMEM [boolean]
Default false
Summary If this option is turned on, new databases will be created in main memory:
  • Most queries will be evaluated faster in main-memory mode, but all data is lost if the BaseX instance in which the database was created is shut down.
  • It is not possible to store binary resources in a main-memory database.
  • A main-memory database will have no disk representation. However, it is possible to export the database via the EXPORT command, and create a new database from the exported file in a second step.
  • This option will not be available for db:create, because the database would not be accessible anymore after database creation, i. e., outside the query scope.

ADDCACHE

Signature ADDCACHE [boolean]
Default false
Summary If this option is activated, data structures of documents will first be cached to disk before being added to the final database. This option is helpful when larger documents need to be added, and if the existing heuristics cannot estimate the input size (e.g. when adding directories or sending input streams).

Parsing

CREATEFILTER

Signature CREATEFILTER [filter]
Default *.xml
Summary File filter in the Glob Syntax, which is applied whenever new databases are created, or resources are added to a database.

ADDARCHIVES

Signature ADDARCHIVES [boolean]
Default true
Summary If this option is set to true, files within archives (ZIP, GZIP, TAR, TGZ, DOCX, etc.) are parsed whenever new databases are created or resources are added to a database.

ARCHIVENAME

Signature ARCHIVENAME [boolean]
Default false
Summary If this option is set to true, the file name of parsed archives will be included in the document paths.

SKIPCORRUPT

Signature SKIPCORRUPT [boolean]
Default false
Summary Skips corrupt (i.e., not well-formed) files while creating a database or adding new documents. If this option is activated, document updates are slowed down, as all files will be parsed twice. Next, main memory consumption will be higher as parsed files will be cached in main memory.

ADDRAW

Signature ADDRAW [boolean]
Default false
Summary If this option is enabled, all resources that are filtered out by the CREATEFILTER option while being added to a database will be stored as raw files instead (i.e., in their binary representation).

PARSER

Signature PARSER [type]
Default XML
Summary Defines a parser for importing new files to the database. Available parsers are XML, JSON, CSV, TEXT, HTML, and RAW. HTML input will be parsed as XML documents if Tagsoup is not found in the classpath.

CSVPARSER

Signature CSVPARSER [options]
Default empty
Summary Specifies the way how CSV data will be parsed. Keys and values are delimited with =, and multiple options are delimited with ,. The available options (except for the additional encoding option) are described in the CSV Module.
Examples encoding=CP1252,header=true parses the input as CP1252 and the first line as header.

JSONPARSER

Signature JSONPARSER [options]
Default empty
Summary Specifies the way how JSON data will be parsed. Keys and values are delimited with =, and multiple options are delimited with ,. The available options (except for the additional encoding option) are described in the JSON Module.
Examples format=jsonml,lax=yes interprets the input as JSONML and uses lax parsing.

HTMLPARSER

Signature HTMLPARSER [options]
Default empty
Summary Specifies the way how HTML data will be parsed. Keys and values are delimited with =, and multiple options are delimited with ,. The available options are described in the Parsers article.
Examples
  • encoding=Shift-JIS,nons=true parses the input as Sihft-JIS and suppresses namespaces.
  • lexical=true preserves comments.

TEXTPARSER

Signature TEXTPARSER [options]
Default empty
Summary Specifies the way how TEXT data will be parsed. Keys and values are delimited with =, and multiple options are delimited with ,. The available options are listed in the Parsers article.
Examples lines=true creates a single element for each line of text.

XML Parsing

CHOP

Signature CHOP [boolean]
Default true
Summary Many XML documents include whitespaces that have been added to improve readability. This option controls the white-space processing mode of the XML parser:
  • With the default value true, leading and trailing whitespaces from text nodes will be chopped and all empty text nodes will be discarded.
  • The flag should be turned off if a document contains mixed content.
  • The flag can also be turned off on command line via -w.
  • If the xml:space="preserve" attribute is attached to an element, chopping will be turned off for all descendant text nodes.

In the following example document, the whitespaces in the text nodes of the text element will not be chopped: <syntaxhighlight lang="xml"> <xml>

 <title>
   Demonstrating the CHOP flag
 </title>
 <text xml:space="preserve">To be, or not to be, that is the question.</text>

</xml> </syntaxhighlight> It is recommendable to additionally assign indent=no to the SERIALIZER option; otherwise the serialized documents will automatically be indented.

STRIPNS

Signature STRIPNS [boolean]
Default false
Summary Strips all namespaces from an XML document and all elements while parsing.

INTPARSE

Signature INTPARSE [boolean]
Default false
Summary Uses the internal XML parser instead of the standard Java XML parser. Here are some reasons for using the internal parser:
  • Performance: Documents (in particular small ones) will be parsed faster
  • Fault tolerance: invalid characters will automatically be replaced with the Unicode replacement character FFFD (�)
  • Entities: around 250 HTML entities will be detected and decoded

You will be able to correctly parse most XML documents with the internal parser. Java’s Xerces parser is still used as default, however, because it supports all features of the XML standard and advanced DTD features, such as recursive entity expansion.

DTD

Signature DTD [boolean]
Default false
Summary Parses referenced DTDs and resolves XML entities. By default, this option is switched to false, as many DTDs are located externally, which may completely block the process of creating new databases. The CATFILE option can be changed to locally resolve DTDs.

XINCLUDE

Signature XINCLUDE [boolean]
Default true
Summary Resolves XInclude inclusion tags and merges referenced XML documents. By default, this option is switched to true. This option is only available if the standard Java XML Parser is used (see INTPARSE).

CATFILE

Signature CATFILE [path]
Default empty
Summary Semicolon-separated list of XML catalog files to resolve URIs. See Catalog Resolvers for more details.

Indexing

The following options control the creation of index structures. The current values will be considered if a new database is created. See Indexes for more details.

TEXTINDEX

Signature TEXTINDEX [boolean]
Default true
Summary Creates a text index whenever a new database is created. A text index speeds up queries with equality comparisons on text nodes. See Text Index for more details.

ATTRINDEX

Signature ATTRINDEX [boolean]
Default true
Summary Creates an attribute index whenever a new database is created. An attribute index speeds up queries with equality comparisons on attribute values. See Attribute Index for more details.

TOKENINDEX

Signature TOKENINDEX [boolean]
Default true
Summary Creates a token index whenever a new database is created. A token index speeds up searches for single tokens in attribute values. See Token Index for more details.

FTINDEX

Signature FTINDEX [boolean]
Default false
Summary Creates a full-text index whenever a new database is created. A full-text index speeds up queries with full-text expressions. See Full-Text Index for more details.

TEXTINCLUDE

Signature TEXTINCLUDE [names]
Default empty
Summary Defines name patterns for the parent elements of texts that are indexed. By default, all text nodes will be indexed.
Name patterns are separated by commas. See Selective Indexing for more details.

ATTRINCLUDE

Signature ATTRINCLUDE [names]
Default empty
Summary Defines name patterns for the attributes to be indexed. By default, all attribute nodes will be indexed.
Name patterns are separated by commas. See Selective Indexing for more details.

TOKENINCLUDE

Signature TOKENINCLUDE [names]
Default empty
Summary Defines name patterns for the attributes to be indexed. By default, tokens in all attribute nodes will be indexed.
Name patterns are separated by commas. See Selective Indexing for more details.

FTINCLUDE

Signature FTINCLUDE [names]
Default empty
Summary Defines name patterns for the parent elements of texts that are indexed. By default, all text nodes will be indexed.
Name patterns are separated by commas. See Selective Indexing for more details.

MAXLEN

Signature MAXLEN [int]
Default 96
Summary Specifies the maximum length for strings to be stored in index structures. The value of this option will be assigned once to a new database, and can only be changed by creating a new database or doing a full optimization.

MAXCATS

Signature MAXCATS [int]
Default 100
Summary Specifies the maximum number of distinct values (categories) that will be stored together with the element/attribute names or unique paths in the Name Index or Path Index. The value of this option will be assigned once to a new database, and cannot be changed after that.

UPDINDEX

Signature UPDINDEX [boolean]
Default false
Summary If turned on, incremental indexing will be enabled:
  • The current value of this option will be assigned to new databases. It can be changed for existing databases by running OPTIMIZE with the ALL keyword or db:optimize($db, true()).
  • After each update, the value indexes will be refreshed as well. Incremental updates are currently not available for the full-text index and database statistics.
  • Find more details in the article on Index Structures.

AUTOOPTIMIZE

Signature AUTOOPTIMIZE [boolean]
Default false
Summary If turned on, auto optimization will be applied to new databases:
  • With each update, outdated indexes and database statistics will be recreated.
  • As a result, the index structures will always be up-to-date.
  • However, updates can take much longer, so this option should only be activated for medium-sized databases.
  • The value of this option will be assigned once to a new database. It can be reassigned by running OPTIMIZE or db:optimize.

SPLITSIZE

Signature SPLITSIZE [num]
Default 0
Summary This option affects the construction of new value indexes. It controls the number of index build operations that are performed before writing partial index data to disk:
  • By default, if the value is set to 0, some heuristics are applied, based on the current memory consumption. Usually, this works fine.
  • If explicit garbage collection is disabled when running Java (e.g. via the JVM option -XX:+DisableExplicitGC), you may need to choose a custom split size.
  • You can e. g. start with 1000000 (one million) index operations and adjust this value in the next steps.
  • The larger the assigned value is, the less splits will take place, and the more main memory will be required.

Full-Text Indexing

STEMMING

Signature STEMMING [boolean]
Default false
Summary If true, all tokens will be stemmed during full-text indexing, using a language-specific stemmer implementation. By default, tokens will not be stemmed. See Full-Text Index for more details.

CASESENS

Signature CASESENS [boolean]
Default false
Summary If true, the case of tokens will be preserved during full-text indexing. By default, case will be ignored (all tokens will be indexed in lower case). See Full-Text Index for more details.

DIACRITICS

Signature DIACRITICS [boolean]
Default false
Summary If set to true, diacritics will be preserved during full-text indexing. By default, diacritics will be removed. See Full-Text Index for more details.

LANGUAGE

Signature LANGUAGE [lang]
Default en
Summary The specified language will influence the way how texts will be tokenized and stemmed. It can be the name of a language or a language code. See Full-Text Index for more details.

STOPWORDS

Signature STOPWORDS [path]
Default empty
Summary If a text file with stop words is specified, frequently used terms contained in that file will be ignored when a full-text index is created. A stopword list may decrease the size of the full text index and speed up your queries. See Full-Text Index for more details.

Query Options

QUERYINFO

Signature QUERYINFO [boolean]
Default false
Summary Prints more information on internal query rewritings, optimizations, and performance. By default, this info is shown in the Info View in the GUI. It can also be activated on command line via -V.

MIXUPDATES

Signature MIXUPDATES
Default false
Summary Allows queries to both contain updating and non-updating expressions. All updating constraints will be turned off, and nodes to be returned will be copied before they are modified by an updating expression. By default, in compliance with the XQuery Update Facility, this option is set to false. See Returning Results for more details.

BINDINGS

Signature BINDINGS [vars]
Default empty
Summary Contains external variables to be bound to a query. The string must comply with the following rules:
  • Variable names and values must be separated by equality signs.
  • Multiple variables must be delimited by commas.
  • Commas in values must be duplicated.
  • Variables may optionally be introduced with a leading dollar sign.
  • If a variable uses a namespace different to the default namespace, it can be specified with the Clark Notation or Expanded QName Notation.

This option can also be used on command line with the flag -b.

Examples
  • $a=1,$b=2   binds the values 1 and 2 to the variables $a and $b
  • a=1,,2   binds the value 1,2 to the variable $a
  • {URI}a=x   binds the value x to the variable $a with the namespace URI.
  • In the following Command Script, the value hello world! is bound to the variable $GREETING:

<syntaxhighlight lang="xquery"> SET BINDINGS GREETING="hello world!" XQUERY declare variable $GREETING external; $GREETING </syntaxhighlight>

INLINELIMIT

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Signature INLINELIMIT
Default 50
Summary This option controls inlining of XQuery functions:
  • The XQuery compiler inlines functions to speed up query evaluation.
  • Inlining will only take place if a function body is not too large (i.e., if it does not contain too many expressions).
  • With this option, this maximum number of expressions can be specified.
  • Function inlining can be turned off by setting the value to 0.
  • The limit can be locally overwritten via the %basex:inline annotation (follow the link to get more information on function inlining).

UNROLLLIMIT

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Signature UNROLLLIMIT
Default 5
Summary This option controls the unroll limit:
  • Loops with few iterations are unrolled by the XQuery compiler to enable further optimizations.
  • If the limit is increased, more optimizations will take place, but the memory consumption and compile time will increase.
  • See Loop Unrolling for more details.

ENFORCEINDEX

Signature ENFORCEINDEX [boolean]
Default false
Summary Enforces index rewritings in path expressions. See Enforce Rewritings for details.

COPYNODE

Signature COPYNODE [boolean]
Default true
Summary When creating new nodes in XQuery via Node Constructors, all enclosed nodes will be copied, and all resulting nodes will get new node identities. This step can be very expensive, and it can be disabled with this option. The option should be used carefully, as it changes the standard behavior of XQuery. It should preferrably be used in Pragmas.

TAILCALLS

Signature TAILCALLS
Default 256
Summary Specifies how many stack frames of tail-calls are allowed on the stack at any time. When this limit is reached, tail-call optimization takes place and some call frames are eliminated. The feature can be turned off by setting the value to -1.

WITHDB

Signature WITHDB
Default true
Summary By default, resources specified via fn:doc and fn:collection are looked up both in the database and in the file system. If you always use db:open to access databases, it is recommendable to disable this option:
  • No locks will be created for the two functions (see limitations of database locking for more details).
  • Access to local and external resources will be faster, as the database lookup will be skipped.

DEFAULTDB

Signature DEFAULTDB
Default false
Summary If this option is turned on, paths specified in the fn:doc and fn:collection functions will first be resolved against a database that has been opened in the global context outside the query (e.g. by the OPEN command). If the path does not match any existing resources, it will be resolved as described in the article on accessing database resources.

FORCECREATE

Signature FORCECREATE [boolean]
Default false
Summary By activating this option, database instances will be created with the XQuery functions fn:doc and fn:collection.

CHECKSTRINGS

Signature CHECKSTRINGS [boolean]
Default true
Summary By default, characters from external sources that are invalid in XML will trigger an error. If the option is set to false, these characters will be replaced with the Unicode replacement character FFFD (�). The option affects Java Bindings and string conversion and input functions such as archive:create, archive:extract-text, archive:update, and zip:text-entry.

LSERROR

Signature LSERROR [error]
Default 0
Summary This option specifies the maximum Levenshtein error for fuzzy full-text matching. By default, if 0 is assigned, the error value is calculated dynamically. See Fuzzy Querying for more details.

RUNQUERY

Signature RUNQUERY [boolean]
Default true
Summary Specifies if a query will be executed or parsed only. This option can also be changed on command line via -R.

RUNS

Signature RUNS [num]
Default 1
Summary Specifies how often a query will be evaluated. The result is serialized only once, and the measured times are averages of all runs. This option can also be changed on command line via -r.

Serialization Options

SERIALIZE

Signature SERIALIZE [boolean]
Default true
Summary Results of XQuery expressions will be serialized if this option is turned on. For debugging purposes and performance measurements, this option can be set to false. It can also be turned off on command line via -z.

SERIALIZER

Signature SERIALIZER [params]
Default empty
Summary Parameters for serializing query results. The string must comply with the following rules:
  • Variable names and values must be separated by equality signs.
  • Multiple variables must be delimited by commas.
  • Commas in values must be duplicated.

The option can also be used on command line with the flag -s.

Examples
  • indent=no : disables automatic indentation of XML nodes. This is usually a good choice when working with Mixed-Content Data.
  • encoding=US-ASCII,omit-xml-declaration=no : sets the encoding to US-ASCII and prints the XML declaration.
  • item-separator=,, : separates serialized items by a single comma.

EXPORTER

Signature EXPORTER [params]
Default empty
Summary Contains parameters for exporting resources of a database and writing files after updates via the WRITEBACK option. Keys and values are separated by equality signs, multiple parameters are delimited by commas. See Serialization for more details.
Examples
  • indent=no,omit-xml-declaration=no : disables automatic indentation of XML nodes, outputs the XML declaration.

XMLPLAN

Signature XMLPLAN [boolean]
Default false
Summary Prints the execution plan of an XQuery expression in its XML representation. This option can also be activated on command line via -x.

COMPPLAN

Signature COMPPLAN [boolean]
Default true
Summary Generates the query plan, which can be activated via XMLPLAN, before or after query compilation. This option can also be activated on command line via -X.

FULLPLAN

Signature FULLPLAN [boolean]
Default false
Summary Attaches the file path, line and column of the expressions in the original query string to the query plan. Values (items and sequences) have no input information attached.

Other Options

AUTOFLUSH

Signature AUTOFLUSH [boolean]
Default true
Summary Flushes database buffers to disk after each update. If this option is set to false, bulk operations (multiple single updates) will be evaluated faster. As a drawback, the chance of data loss increases if the database is not explicitly flushed via the FLUSH command.

WRITEBACK

Signature WRITEBACK [boolean]
Default false
Summary Propagates updates on main-memory instances of files that have been retrieved via fn:doc and fn:collection back to disk:
  • This option can also be activated on command line via -u.
  • Please take in mind that no backup will be created from your original files.
  • The serialization options can be controlled via the EXPORTER option.

MAXSTAT

Signature MAXSTAT [num]
Default 30
Summary Specifies the maximum number of index occurrences printed by the INFO INDEX command.

Changelog

Version 9.6
Version 9.5
  • Updated: INLINELIMIT: default reduced to 50.
  • Updated: RESTXQERRORS: additionally suppress stack trace in HTTP response
Version 9.4
Version 9.3
Version 9.2
Version 9.0
Version 8.6
  • Added: FAIRLOCK, PARSERESTXQ
  • Removed: GLOBALLOCK (exclusive use of database lock)
  • Removed: QUERYPATH (will now be internally assigned)
  • Removed: CACHERESTXQ (replaced with PARSERESTXQ)
Version 8.5
Version 8.4
Version 8.3
Version 8.2
  • Removed: EVENTPORT, CACHEQUERY
Version 8.1
Version 8.0
Version 7.8.1
Version 7.8
Version 7.7
Version 7.6
  • Added: GLOBALLOCK
  • Added: store local options in configuration file after # Local Options comments.
Version 7.5
  • Added: options can now be set via system properties
  • Added: a pragma expression can be used to locally change database options
  • Added: USER, PASSWORD, LOG, LOGMSGMAXLEN, WEBPATH, RESTXQPATHHTTPLOCAL, CREATEONLY, STRIPNS
  • Removed: HTTPPATH; HTTPPORT: jetty.xml configuration file is used instead
  • Removed: global options cannot be changed anymore during the lifetime of a BaseX instance
Version 7.3
  • Updated: KEEPALIVE, TIMEOUT: default values changed
  • Removed: WILDCARDS; new index supports both fuzzy and wildcard queries
  • Removed: SCORING; new scoring model will focus on lengths of text nodes and match options
Version 7.2
Version 7.1
Version 7.0