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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 is used to store options to disk:
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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.
  
* Global options can only be set via the configuration file or system properties (see below).
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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:
* With {{Version|7.6}} and later, local options can also be specified in the configuration file after the {{Code|# Local Options}} comment.
 
  
Various ways exist to access and change options:
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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.
  
* The current value of an option can be requested with the [[Commands#GET|GET]] and changed with the [[Commands#SET|SET]] command. 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 existing value will be inverted.
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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:
  
* Initial values for 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 needs to be prefixed with {{Code|org.basex.}}. An example:
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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:
  
<pre class="brush:bash">
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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>
  
* Options can also be set in the prolog of an XQuery expression. In the option declaration, options need to be bound to the [[Database Module]] namespace. All values will be reset after the evaluation of a query:
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* 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:
  
<pre class="brush:xquery">
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<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">
declare option db:chop 'false';
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<key>JVMOptions</key>
...
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<array>
</pre>
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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:
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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>
  
<pre class="brush:xquery">
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* In XQuery, local options can be set via option declarations and [[XQuery Extensions#Pragmas|pragmas]].
(# db:chop false #) { parse-xml('<xml> hi </xml>') }
 
</pre>
 
  
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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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=
  
==General==
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Global options are constants. They can only be set in the configuration file or via system properties (see above). One exception is the [[#debug|DEBUG]] option, which can also be changed at runtime by users with [[User Management|admin permissions]].
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==General Options==
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===DEBUG===
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{| width='100%'
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|-
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
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|{{Code|DEBUG [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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|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 Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] via <code>-d</code>.
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|}
  
 
===DBPATH===
 
===DBPATH===
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{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|DBPATH [path]}}
 
|{{Code|DBPATH [path]}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''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.<br/> '''Note:''' this option can only be changed if no database is currently opened.
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|Points to the directory in which all databases are located.
 
|}
 
|}
  
===REPOPATH===
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===LOGPATH===
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{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
|{{Code|REPOPATH [path]}}
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|{{Code|LOGPATH [path]}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
|<code>[[Configuration#Database Directory|{home}/BaseXRepo]]</code>
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|<code>.logs</code>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Points to the [[Repository]], in which all XQuery modules are located.
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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.
 
|}
 
|}
  
===DEBUG===
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===REPOPATH===
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{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
|{{Code|DEBUG [boolean]}}
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|{{Code|REPOPATH [path]}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
|{{Code|false}}
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|<code>[[Configuration#Database Directory|{home}/repo]]</code>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''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 [[Startup Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] via <code>-d</code>.
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|Points to the [[Repository]], in which all XQuery modules are located.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===LANG===
 
===LANG===
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{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|LANG [language]}}
 
|{{Code|LANG [language]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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===LANGKEY===
 
===LANGKEY===
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{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|LANGKEY [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|LANGKEY [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|}
 
|}
  
===GLOBALLOCK===
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===FAIRLOCK===
  
{{Mark|Introduced with Version 7.6:}}
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{| width='100%'
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|-
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
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|{{Code|FAIRLOCK [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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|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===
  
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
|{{Code|GLOBALLOCK [boolean]}}
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|{{Code|CACHETIMEOUT [seconds]}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
|{{Code|false}}
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|{{Code|3600}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''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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|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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===HOST===
 
===HOST===
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{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|HOST [host]}}
 
|{{Code|HOST [host]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''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 [[Startup Options#BaseX Client|command line]] via <code>-n</code>.
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|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 Options#BaseX Client|command line]] via <code>-n</code>.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===PORT===
 
===PORT===
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{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|PORT [port]}}
 
|{{Code|PORT [port]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|This port is used by the client when connecting to a server. This option can also be changed when running the client on [[Startup Options#BaseX Client|command line]] via <code>-p</code>.
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|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 Options#BaseX Client|command line]] via <code>-p</code>.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===SERVERPORT===
 
===SERVERPORT===
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{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|SERVERPORT [port]}}
 
|{{Code|SERVERPORT [port]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|This is the port the database server will be listening to. This option can also be changed when running the server on [[Startup Options#BaseX Server|command line]] via <code>-p</code>.
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|This is the port the database server will be listening to. This option can also be changed when running the server on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Server|command line]] via <code>-p</code>.
 
|}
 
|}
  
===EVENTPORT===
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===USER===
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|EVENTPORT [port]}}
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
|{{Code|1985}}
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
|This port is used by the client to listen for [[Events|server events]]. It will only be bound if a client attaches itself to a database event. This option can also be changed when running the server on [[Startup Options#BaseX Server|command line]] via <code>-e</code>.
 
|}
 
  
===USER===
 
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|USER [name]}}
 
|{{Code|USER [name]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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* 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.
* The option can also be changed on [[Startup Options#BaseX Client|command line]] via <code>-U</code>.
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* The option can also be changed on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Client|command line]] via <code>-U</code>.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===PASSWORD===
 
===PASSWORD===
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{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|PASSWORD [password]}}
 
|{{Code|PASSWORD [password]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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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.
* The option can also be changed on [[Startup Options#BaseX Client|command line]] via <code>-P</code>.
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* The option can also be changed on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Client|command line]] via <code>-P</code>.
 
* Please note that it is a security risk to specify your password in plain text.
 
* Please note that it is a security risk to specify your password in plain text.
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|}
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===AUTHMETHOD===
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{| width='100%'
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|-
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
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|{{Code|AUTHMETHOD [method]}}
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|-
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| '''Default'''
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|''Basic''
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|-
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| '''Summary'''
 +
|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.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===SERVERHOST===
 
===SERVERHOST===
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{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|SERVERHOST [host&#x7c;ip]}}
 
|{{Code|SERVERHOST [host&#x7c;ip]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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===PROXYHOST===
 
===PROXYHOST===
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{| width='100%' width='100%'
 
{| width='100%' width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|PROXYHOST [host]}}
 
|{{Code|PROXYHOST [host]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|This is the host name of a proxy server.
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|This is the host name of a proxy server. If the value is an empty string, it will be ignored.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===PROXYPORT===
 
===PROXYPORT===
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{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|PROXYPORT [port]}}
 
|{{Code|PROXYPORT [port]}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
|{{Code|80}}
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|{{Code|0}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|This is the port number of a proxy server.
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|This is the port number of a proxy server. If the value is set to {{Code|0}}, it will be ignored.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===NONPROXYHOSTS===
 
===NONPROXYHOSTS===
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{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|NONPROXYHOSTS [hosts]}}
 
|{{Code|NONPROXYHOSTS [hosts]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|This is a list of hosts that should be directly accessed.
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|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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|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
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|{{Code|IGNOREHOSTNAME [boolean]}}
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|-
 +
| '''Default'''
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|{{Code|false}}
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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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|}
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 +
===IGNORECERT===
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 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|IGNORECERT [boolean]}}
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|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|{{Code|false}}
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|-
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| '''Summary'''
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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.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===TIMEOUT===
 
===TIMEOUT===
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{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|TIMEOUT [seconds]}}
 
|{{Code|TIMEOUT [seconds]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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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 {{Code|ADMIN}} operations.
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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]].
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===KEEPALIVE===
 
===KEEPALIVE===
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{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|KEEPALIVE [seconds]}}
 
|{{Code|KEEPALIVE [seconds]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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===PARALLEL===
 
===PARALLEL===
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{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|PARALLEL [number]}}
 
|{{Code|PARALLEL [number]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Denotes the maximum allowed {{Code|number}} of parallel read [[Transaction Management|transactions]].
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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.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===LOG===
 
===LOG===
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{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|LOG [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|LOG [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Turns [[Logging]] of server operations and HTTP requests on/off. This option can also be changed when running the server on [[Startup Options#BaseX Server|command line]] via <code>-z</code>.
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|Turns [[Logging]] of server operations and HTTP requests on/off. This option can also be changed when running the server on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Server|command line]] via <code>-z</code>.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===LOGMSGMAXLEN===
 
===LOGMSGMAXLEN===
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{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|LOGMSGMAXLEN [length]}}
 
|{{Code|LOGMSGMAXLEN [length]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|}
 
|}
  
==HTTP Options==
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===LOGTRACE===
  
If BaseX is run as [[Web Application]], the HTTP options are either determined by the web server, or specified in the <code>[https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex-api/tree/master/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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{| width='100%'
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|-
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| width='120' | '''Signature'''
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|{{Code|LOGTRACE [boolean]}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|{{Code|true}}
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|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|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.
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|}
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 +
==HTTP Services==
 +
 
 +
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===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|WEBPATH [path]}}
 
|{{Code|WEBPATH [path]}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''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.
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|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 Application#Servlet_Container|web servlet]].
 +
* It cannot be assigned via the {{Code|web.xml}} file, as it will be evaluated before the configuration files are parsed.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===GZIP===
 +
 
 +
{{Mark|Updated with Version 10:}} Support for POST and PUT requests.
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|GZIP [boolean]}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|<code>false</code>
 +
|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|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]]:
 +
* The option can also be enabled on [[Command-Line Options#HTTP Server|command line]] via <code>-g</code>.
 +
* It cannot be assigned via the {{Code|web.xml}} file, as it will be evaluated before the configuration files are parsed.
 +
* In addition to the [https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/blob/7cc552013eb4d05cb603ba0bc85d176c97957cd4/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/gzip/GzipHandler.java#L187-L211 Jetty defaults] (GET requests, exclusion of binaries, MSIE 6.0, etc.), POST and PUT requests are supported.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===RESTXQPATH===
 
===RESTXQPATH===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|RESTXQPATH [path]}}
 
|{{Code|RESTXQPATH [path]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Points to the directory which contains the [[RESTXQ]] modules of a web application. Relative paths will be resolved against the [[#WEBPATH|WEBPATH]] directory.
+
|Points to the directory which contains the [[RESTXQ]] modules of a web application. Relative paths will be resolved against the {{Option|WEBPATH}} directory.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===PARSERESTXQ===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|PARSERESTXQ}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|{{Code|3}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|Timeout after which the RESTXQ directory will be parsed for changes:
 +
* If {{Code|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 {{Code|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|RESTXQ Preliminaries]] for more details.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===RESTXQERRORS===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|RESTXQERRORS}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|{{Code|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|RESTXQ Error Handling]] for more details.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===RESTPATH===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|RESTPATH [path]}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|''empty''
 +
|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|Points to the directory which contains XQuery files and command scripts, which can be evaluated via the [[REST#GET Requests|REST run operation]]. Relative paths will be resolved against the {{Option|WEBPATH}} directory.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===HTTPLOCAL===
 
===HTTPLOCAL===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|HTTPLOCAL [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|HTTPLOCAL [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|By default, a database server instance will be opened along with the web server. If the flag is set to {{Code|true}}, all commands will be executed in an embedded database context.<br/>If BaseX is run as [[Web Application]], and if the flag is {{Code|false}}, the server will be started as soon as the first HTTP service is called.
+
|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.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===STOPPORT===
 
===STOPPORT===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|STOPPORT [port]}}
 
|{{Code|STOPPORT [port]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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* The listener for stopping the web server will only be started if the specified value is greater than {{Code|0}}.
 
* The listener for stopping the web server will only be started if the specified value is greater than {{Code|0}}.
 
* The option is ignored if BaseX is used as a [[Web Application]] or started via [[Web Application#Maven|Maven]].
 
* The option is ignored if BaseX is used as a [[Web Application]] or started via [[Web Application#Maven|Maven]].
* This option can also be changed when running the HTTP server on [[Startup Options#BaseX Server|command line]] via <code>-s</code>.
+
* This option can also be changed when running the HTTP server on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Server|command line]] via <code>-s</code>.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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===MAINMEM===
 
===MAINMEM===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|MAINMEM [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|MAINMEM [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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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.
+
|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 {{Command|EXPORT}} command, and create a new database from the exported file in a second step.
 +
* 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.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===ADDCACHE===
 
===ADDCACHE===
 
{{Mark|Introduced with Version 7.7:}}
 
  
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|ADDCACHE [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|ADDCACHE [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|If this option is activated, documents that are added via [Commands#ADD|ADD] will first be cached to disk before being added to the final database. This option is helpful when larger documents are to be imported, and if the existing heuristics cannot estimate the size of the input (e.g. when adding directories).
+
|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).
 
|}
 
|}
  
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===CREATEFILTER===
 
===CREATEFILTER===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|CREATEFILTER [filter]}}
 
|{{Code|CREATEFILTER [filter]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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===ADDARCHIVES===
 
===ADDARCHIVES===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|ADDARCHIVES [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|ADDARCHIVES [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|If this option is set to {{Code|true}}, files within archives (ZIP, GZIP, DOCX, etc.) are parsed whenever new database are created or resources are added to a database.
+
|If this option is set to {{Code|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===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|ARCHIVENAME [boolean]}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|{{Code|false}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|If this option is set to {{Code|true}}, the file name of parsed archives will be included in the document paths.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===SKIPCORRUPT===
 
===SKIPCORRUPT===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|SKIPCORRUPT [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|SKIPCORRUPT [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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===ADDRAW===
 
===ADDRAW===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|ADDRAW [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|ADDRAW [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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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 [[#CREATEFILTER|CREATEFILTER]] option will be added as ''raw'' files (i.e., in their binary representation).
+
|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).
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===PARSER===
 
===PARSER===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|PARSER [type]}}
 
|{{Code|PARSER [type]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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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.
+
|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.
 
|}
 
|}
  
===PARSEROPT===
+
===CSVPARSER===
 +
 
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
|{{Code|PARSEROPT [options]}}
+
|{{Code|CSVPARSER [options]}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Defines parser-specific options; see [[Parsers]] for more information.
+
|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]].
 +
|-
 +
| '''Examples'''
 +
|<code>encoding=CP1252,header=true</code> parses the input as CP1252 and the first line as header.
 
|}
 
|}
  
===HTMLOPT===
+
===JSONPARSER===
 +
 
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
|{{Code|HTMLOPT [options]}}
+
|{{Code|JSONPARSER [options]}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Allows to specify TagSoup options for HTML parsing; see [[Parsers#HTML Parser|HTML Parser]] for more information.
+
|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]].
 +
|-
 +
| '''Examples'''
 +
|<code>format=jsonml,lax=yes</code> interprets the input as JSONML and uses lax parsing.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===HTMLPARSER===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|HTMLPARSER [options]}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|''empty''
 +
|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|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.
 +
|-
 +
| '''Examples'''
 +
|
 +
* <code>encoding=Shift-JIS,nons=true</code> parses the input as Sihft-JIS and suppresses namespaces.
 +
* <code>lexical=true</code> preserves comments.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===TEXTPARSER===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|TEXTPARSER [options]}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|''empty''
 +
|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|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.
 +
|-
 +
| '''Examples'''
 +
|<code>lines=true</code> creates a single element for each line of text.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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===CHOP===
 
===CHOP===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|CHOP [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|CHOP [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Chops all leading and trailing whitespaces from text nodes while building a database, and discards empty text nodes. By default, this option is set to {{Code|true}}, as it often reduces the database size by up to 50%. It can also be turned off on [[Startup Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] via <code>-w</code>.  
+
|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.
 +
* 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>.
 +
* 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:
 +
<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">
 +
<xml>
 +
  <title>
 +
    Demonstrating the CHOP flag
 +
  </title>
 +
  <text xml:space="preserve">To <b>be</b>, or not to <b>be</b>, that is the question.</text>
 +
</xml>
 +
</syntaxhighlight>
 +
It is recommendable to additionally assign <code>indent=no</code> to the {{Option|SERIALIZER}} option; otherwise the serialized documents will automatically be indented.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===STRIPNS===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|STRIPNS [boolean]}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|{{Code|false}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|Strips all namespaces from an XML document and all elements while parsing.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===INTPARSE===
 
===INTPARSE===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|INTPARSE [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|INTPARSE [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
|{{Code|true}}
+
|{{Code|false}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''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.
+
|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 <code>FFFD</code> (&#xFFFD;)
 +
* 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===
 
===DTD===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|DTD [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|DTD [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Parses referenced DTDs and resolves XML entities. By default, this option is switched to {{Code|false}}, as many DTDs are located externally, which may completely block the process of creating new databases. The [[#CATFILE|CATFILE]] option can be changed to locally resolve DTDs.
+
|Parses referenced DTDs and resolves XML entities. By default, this option is switched to {{Code|false}}, as many DTDs are located externally, which may completely block the process of creating new databases. The {{Option|CATFILE}} option can be changed to locally resolve DTDs.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===XINCLUDE===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|XINCLUDE [boolean]}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|{{Code|true}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|Resolves XInclude inclusion tags and merges referenced XML documents. By default, this option is switched to {{Code|true}}. This option is only available if the standard Java XML Parser is used (see {{Option|INTPARSE}}).
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===CATFILE===
 
===CATFILE===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|CATFILE [path]}}
 
|{{Code|CATFILE [path]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Specifies a catalog file to locally resolve DTDs; see the entry on [[Catalog Resolver]]s for more details.
+
|Semicolon-separated list of XML catalog files to resolve URIs. See [[Catalog Resolver]]s for more details.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
==Indexing==
 
==Indexing==
  
The current index and full-text index options will be stored in a new database, and take effect if indexes are rebuilt via the [[Commands#OPTIMIZE|OPTIMIZE]].
+
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===
 
===TEXTINDEX===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|TEXTINDEX [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|TEXTINDEX [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Creates a text index whenever a new database is created. A text index speeds up queries with equality comparisons on text nodes; see [[Indexes]] for more details.
+
|Creates a text index whenever a new database is created. A text index speeds up queries with equality comparisons on text nodes. See [[Index#Text Index|Text Index]] for more details.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===ATTRINDEX===
 
===ATTRINDEX===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|ATTRINDEX [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|ATTRINDEX [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Creates an attribute index whenever a new database is created. An attribute index speeds up queries with equality comparisons on attribute values; see [[Indexes]] for more details.
+
|Creates an attribute index whenever a new database is created. An attribute index speeds up queries with equality comparisons on attribute values. See [[Index#Attribute Index|Attribute Index]] for more details.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===TOKENINDEX===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|TOKENINDEX [boolean]}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|{{Code|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 [[Index#Token Index|Token Index]] for more details.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===FTINDEX===
 
===FTINDEX===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|FTINDEX [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|FTINDEX [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Creates a full-text index whenever a new database is created. A full-text index speeds up queries with full-text expressions; see [[Indexes]] for more details.
+
|Creates a full-text index whenever a new database is created. A full-text index speeds up queries with full-text expressions. See [[Index#Full-Text Index|Full-Text Index]] for more details.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===TEXTINCLUDE===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|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.<br/>Name patterns are separated by commas. See [[Indexes#Selective Indexing|Selective Indexing]] for more details.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===ATTRINCLUDE===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|ATTRINCLUDE [names]}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|''empty''
 +
|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|Defines name patterns for the attributes to be indexed. By default, all attribute nodes will be indexed.<br/>Name patterns are separated by commas. See [[Indexes#Selective Indexing|Selective Indexing]] for more details.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===TOKENINCLUDE===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|TOKENINCLUDE [names]}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|''empty''
 +
|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|Defines name patterns for the attributes to be indexed. By default, tokens in all attribute nodes will be indexed.<br/>Name patterns are separated by commas. See [[Indexes#Selective Indexing|Selective Indexing]] for more details.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===FTINCLUDE===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|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.<br/>Name patterns are separated by commas. See [[Indexes#Selective Indexing|Selective Indexing]] for more details.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===MAXLEN===
 
===MAXLEN===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|MAXLEN [int]}}
 
|{{Code|MAXLEN [int]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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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]].
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===MAXCATS===
 
===MAXCATS===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|MAXCATS [int]}}
 
|{{Code|MAXCATS [int]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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===UPDINDEX===
 
===UPDINDEX===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|UPDINDEX [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|UPDINDEX [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|If turned on, incremental indexing will be activated: all update operations will also update the value index structures (texts and attribute values). The value of this option will be assigned once to a new database, and cannot be changed after that. The advantage of incremental indexes is that the value index structures will always be up-to-date. The downside is that updates will take a little bit longer. The article on [[Index#Updates|Index Structures]] includes additional details.
+
|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 {{Command|OPTIMIZE}} with the {{Code|ALL}} keyword or [[Database_Module#db:optimize|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#Updates|Index Structures]].
 
|}
 
|}
  
===INDEXSPLITSIZE===
+
===AUTOOPTIMIZE===
 
 
{{Mark|Introduced with Version 7.7:}}
 
  
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
|{{Code|INDEXSPLITSIZE [num]}}
+
|{{Code|AUTOOPTIMIZE [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
|{{Code|0}}
+
|{{Code|false}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|This option affects the [[Indexes#Index Construction|construction]] of new text and attribute indexes. It specifies 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 dynamic split heuristics are applied.
+
|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 {{Command|OPTIMIZE}} or [[Database_Module#db:optimize|db:optimize]].
 
|}
 
|}
  
===FTINDEXSPLITSIZE===
+
===SPLITSIZE===
 
 
{{Mark|Introduced with Version 7.7:}}
 
  
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
|{{Code|FTINDEXSPLITSIZE [num]}}
+
|{{Code|SPLITSIZE [num]}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|This option affects the [[Indexes#Index Construction|construction]] of new full-text indexes. It specifies 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 dynamic split heuristics are applied.
+
|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.
 
|}
 
|}
  
==Full-Text==
+
==Full-Text Indexing==
  
 
===STEMMING===
 
===STEMMING===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|STEMMING [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|STEMMING [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|A new full-text index will stem all tokens and speed up queries on stemmed tokens. The same stemming normalization will be applied to all query tokens that are checked against tokens in this index.
+
|If {{Code|true}}, all tokens will be stemmed during full-text indexing, using a language-specific stemmer implementation. By default, tokens will not be stemmed. See [[Indexes#Full-Text Index|Full-Text Index]] for more details.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===CASESENS===
 
===CASESENS===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
|-
+
 
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|CASESENS [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|CASESENS [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|A new full-text index will preserve the case of all tokens. The same case normalization will be applied to all query tokens that are checked against tokens in this index.
+
|If {{Code|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 [[Indexes#Full-Text Index|Full-Text Index]] for more details.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===DIACRITICS===
 
===DIACRITICS===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|DIACRITICS [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|DIACRITICS [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|A new full-text index will preserve the diacritics of all tokens. The same diacritics normalization will be applied to all query tokens that are checked against tokens in this index.
+
|If set to {{Code|true}}, diacritics will be preserved during full-text indexing. By default, diacritics will be removed. See [[Indexes#Full-Text Index|Full-Text Index]] for more details.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===LANGUAGE===
 
===LANGUAGE===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|LANGUAGE [lang]}}
 
|{{Code|LANGUAGE [lang]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|A new full-text index will use the given language to normalize all tokens. This option is mainly important if tokens are to be stemmed, or if the tokenization of a language differs from Western languages.
+
|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.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===STOPWORDS===
 
===STOPWORDS===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|STOPWORDS [path]}}
 
|{{Code|STOPWORDS [path]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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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. A standard stopword list for English texts is provided in the directory {{Code|etc/stopwords.txt}} in the official releases.
+
|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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===QUERYINFO===
 
===QUERYINFO===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|QUERYINFO [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|QUERYINFO [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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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 [[Startup 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===
+
===MIXUPDATES===
 +
 
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
|{{Code|XQUERY3}}
+
|{{Code|MIXUPDATES}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
|{{Code|true}}
+
|{{Code|false}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''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.
+
|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.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===BINDINGS===
 
===BINDINGS===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|BINDINGS [vars]}}
 
|{{Code|BINDINGS [vars]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Contains external variables to be bound to a query:
+
|Contains external variables to be bound to a query. The string must comply with the following rules:
* Variable names and values are separated by equality signs, and multiple variables are delimited by commas.
+
* 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.
 
* Variables may optionally be introduced with a leading dollar sign.
* Commas that occur in the value itself are encoded by duplication.
+
* 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].
* 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].
+
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 [[Startup Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] with the flag <code>-b</code>.
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Examples'''
 
| '''Examples'''
|<code>$a=1,$b=2</code> &nbsp; binds the values {{Code|1}} and {{Code|2}} to the variables $a and $b<br/><code>a=1,,2</code> &nbsp; binds the value {{Code|1,2}} to the variable $a<br/><code>{URI}a=x</code> &nbsp; binds the value {{Code|x}} to the variable $a with the namespace {{Code|URI}}.
+
|
 +
* <code>$a=1,$b=2</code> &nbsp; binds the values {{Code|1}} and {{Code|2}} to the variables $a and $b
 +
* <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 $a with the namespace {{Code|URI}}.
 +
* In the following [[Commands#Command_Scripts| Command Script]], the value {{Code|hello world!}} is bound to the variable {{Code|$GREETING}}:
 +
<syntaxhighlight lang="xquery">
 +
SET BINDINGS GREETING="hello world!"
 +
XQUERY declare variable $GREETING external; $GREETING
 +
</syntaxhighlight>
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===INLINELIMIT===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|INLINELIMIT}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|{{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).
 
|}
 
|}
  
===QUERYPATH===
+
===UNROLLLIMIT===
 +
 
 +
{{Mark|Introduced with Version 9.6:}}
 +
 
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
|{{Code|QUERYPATH [path]}}
+
|{{Code|UNROLLLIMIT}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
|''empty''
+
|{{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'''
 +
|Enforces index rewritings in path expressions. See [[Indexes#Enforce Rewritings|Enforce Rewritings]] for details.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===COPYNODE===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|COPYNODE [boolean]}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|{{Code|true}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|When creating new nodes in XQuery via [https://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-31/#id-constructors Node Constructors], copies of all enclosed nodes will be created, and the copied nodes get new node identities. As a result, the following query yields <code>false</code>:
 +
<syntaxhighlight lang="xquery">
 +
let $a := <a/>
 +
let $b := <b>{ $a }</b>
 +
return $b/a is $a
 +
</syntaxhighlight>
 +
This step can be very expensive and memory consuming. If the option is disabled, child nodes will only be linked to the new parent nodes, and the upper query returns <code>true</code>.<br>The option should be used carefully as it changes the semantics of XQuery. It should preferably be used in [[XQuery Extensions#Database Pragmas|Pragmas]].
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===TAILCALLS===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|TAILCALLS}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|{{Code|256}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|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'''
 
| '''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.
+
|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.
 
|}
 
|}
  
===CACHEQUERY===
+
===DEFAULTDB===
 +
 
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
|{{Code|CACHEQUERY [boolean]}}
+
|{{Code|DEFAULTDB}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
| '''Default'''
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Caches the query results before returning them to the client. This option may be set to {{Code|true}} if the whole result is needed for further operations (such as is e.g. the case in the GUI of BaseX).
+
|If this option is turned on, paths specified in the [[Databases#XML Documents|fn:doc]] and [[Databases#XML Documents|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 {{Command|OPEN}} command). If the path does not match any existing resources, it will be resolved as described in the article on [[Databases#Access Resources|accessing database resources]].
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===FORCECREATE===
 
===FORCECREATE===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|FORCECREATE [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|FORCECREATE [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|By activating this option, the XQuery {{Code|doc()}} and {{Code|collection()}} functions will create database instances for the addressed input files.
+
|By activating this option, database instances will be created with the XQuery functions [[Databases#XML Documents|fn:doc]] and [[Databases#XML Documents|fn:collection]].
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===CHECKSTRINGS===
 
===CHECKSTRINGS===
  
{{Mark|Introduced with Version 7.7:}}
 
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|CHECKSTRINGS [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|CHECKSTRINGS [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|If this option is turned off, strings from external sources will not checked for valid XML characters. Please note that an inconsiderate use of this option may cause unexpected behavior when processing strings within XQuery. This function affects [[Java Bindings]] and the functions [[File Module#file:read-text|file:read-text]], [[Fetch Module#fetch:text|fetch:text]], [[ZIP Module#zip:text-entry|zip:text-entry]], [[Archive Module#archive:create|archive:create]], [[Archive Module#archive:extract-text|archive:extract-text]], [[Archive Module#archive:update|archive:update]] and [[Conversion Module#convert:binary-to-string|convert:binary-to-string]].
+
|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]].
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===WRAPJAVA===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|WRAPJAVA [mode]}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|{{Code|some}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|Defines the way how values that result from Java code invocation will be converted to XQuery items. Allowed values: {{Code|none}}, {{Code|all}}, {{Code|some}}, {{Code|instance}}, and {{Code|void}}. See [[Java_Bindings#Conversion to XQuery|Java Bindings]] for further details.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===LSERROR===
 
===LSERROR===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|LSERROR [error]}}
 
|{{Code|LSERROR [error]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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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.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===RUNQUERY===
 +
 
 +
{| width='100%'
 +
|-
 +
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 +
|{{Code|RUNQUERY [boolean]}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Default'''
 +
|{{Code|true}}
 +
|-
 +
| '''Summary'''
 +
|Specifies if a query will be executed or parsed only. This option can also be changed on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] via <code>-R</code>.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===RUNS===
 
===RUNS===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|RUNS [num]}}
 
|{{Code|RUNS [num]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Specify number of runs a query is executed by the [[Commands#XQUERY|XQUERY]] command. The result is only serialized once, and the measured times are averages of all runs.
+
|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 Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] via <code>-r</code>.
 
|}
 
|}
  
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===SERIALIZE===
 
===SERIALIZE===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|SERIALIZE [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|SERIALIZE [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''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 {{Code|false}}. It can also be turned off on [[Startup Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] via <code>-z</code>.  
+
|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 {{Code|false}}. It can also be turned off on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] via <code>-z</code>.  
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===SERIALIZER===
 
===SERIALIZER===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|SERIALIZER [params]}}
 
|{{Code|SERIALIZER [params]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Contains parameters for [[Serialization|serializing]] query results:
+
|Parameters for [[Serialization|serializing]] query results. The string must comply with the following rules:
* Keys and values are separated by equality signs.
+
* Variable names and values must be separated by equality signs.
* Multiple parameters are delimited by commas.
+
* Multiple variables must be delimited by commas.
* The option can also be used on [[Startup Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] with the flag <code>-s</code>.
+
* Commas in values must be duplicated.
 +
The option can also be used on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] with the flag <code>-s</code>.
 
|-
 
|-
| '''Example'''
+
| '''Examples'''
|<code>encoding=US-ASCII,omit-xml-declaration=no</code> : sets the encoding to {{Code|US-ASCII}} and prints the XML declaration.
+
|
 +
* <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>item-separator=,,</code> : separates serialized items by a single comma.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===EXPORTER===
 
===EXPORTER===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|EXPORTER [params]}}
 
|{{Code|EXPORTER [params]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Contains parameters for exporting all resources of a database; see [[Serialization]] for more details. Keys and values are separated by equality signs, multiple parameters are delimited by commas.
+
|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.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===XMLPLAN===
 
===XMLPLAN===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|XMLPLAN [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|XMLPLAN [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Prints the execution plan of an XQuery expression in its XML representation. This option can also be activated on [[Startup Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] via <code>-x</code>.  
+
|Prints the execution plan of an XQuery expression in its XML representation. This option can also be activated on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] via <code>-x</code>.  
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===COMPPLAN===
 
===COMPPLAN===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|COMPPLAN [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|COMPPLAN [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Creates the query plan before or after the compilation step. Query plans might change due to optimizations.
+
|Generates the query plan, which can be activated via {{Option|XMLPLAN}}, before or after query compilation. This option can also be activated on [[Command-Line Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] via <code>-X</code>.  
 
|}
 
|}
  
===DOTPLAN===
+
===FULLPLAN===
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|DOTPLAN [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
|{{Code|false}}
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
|Visualizes the execution plan of an XQuery expression with [http://www.graphviz.org dotty] and saves its dot file in the query directory.
 
|}
 
  
===DOTCOMPACT===
 
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''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.
|}
 
 
 
===DOTDISPLAY===
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|DOTDISPLAY [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
|{{Code|true}}
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
|Visualizes the dot representation after the query execution.
 
|}
 
 
 
===DOTTY===
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|DOTTY [path]}}
 
|-
 
| '''Default'''
 
|{{Code|dotty}}
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
|Location of the {{Code|dotty}} executable.
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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===AUTOFLUSH===
 
===AUTOFLUSH===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|AUTOFLUSH [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|AUTOFLUSH [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Flushes database buffers to disk after each update. If this option is set to {{Code|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 [[Commands#FLUSH|FLUSH]] command.
+
|Flushes database buffers to disk after each update. If this option is set to {{Code|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 {{Command|FLUSH}} command.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===WRITEBACK===
 
===WRITEBACK===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|WRITEBACK [boolean]}}
 
|{{Code|WRITEBACK [boolean]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Updates on XML nodes are written back to the input files. No backups of your original files will be created if this option is turned on. This option can also be activated on [[Startup Options#BaseX Standalone|command line]] via <code>-u</code>.
+
|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.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===MAXSTAT===
 
===MAXSTAT===
 +
 
{| width='100%'
 
{| width='100%'
 
|-
 
|-
| width='90' | '''Signature'''
+
| width='120' | '''Signature'''
 
|{{Code|MAXSTAT [num]}}
 
|{{Code|MAXSTAT [num]}}
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
|-
 
| '''Summary'''
 
| '''Summary'''
|Specifies the maximum number of index occurrences printed by the <code>[[Commands#INFO|INFO INDEX]]</code> command.
+
|Specifies the maximum number of index occurrences printed by the {{Command|INFO INDEX}} command.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
=Changelog=
 
=Changelog=
 +
 +
;Version 10
 +
* Updated: {{Option|GZIP}}: Support for POST and PUT requests.
 +
 +
;Version 9.6
 +
* Added: {{Option|UNROLLLIMIT}}, {{Option|WRAPJAVA}}
 +
 +
;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
 +
* Added: {{Option|TOKENINDEX}}, {{Option|TOKENINCLUDE}}
 +
* Added: {{Option|SPLITSIZE}} (replacing <code>INDEXSPLITSIZE</code> and <code>FTINDEXSPLITSIZE</code>)
 +
* Removed: <code>INDEXSPLITSIZE</code>, <code>FTINDEXSPLITSIZE</code>
 +
 +
;Version 8.3
 +
* Added: {{Option|CACHERESTXQ}}, {{Option|TEXTINCLUDE}}, {{Option|ATTRINCLUDE}}, {{Option|FTINCLUDE}}, {{Option|ARCHIVENAME}}
 +
 +
;Version 8.2
 +
* Removed: <code>EVENTPORT</code>, <code>CACHEQUERY</code>
 +
 +
;Version 8.1
 +
* Added: {{Option|IGNORECERT}}, {{Option|RESTPATH}}
 +
 +
;Version 8.0
 +
* 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.
 +
 +
;Version 7.8.1
 +
* Updated: {{Option|ADDARCHIVES}}: parsing of TAR and TGZ files.
 +
 +
;Version 7.8
 +
 +
* Added: {{Option|CSVPARSER}}, {{Option|JSONPARSER}}, {{Option|TEXTPARSER}}, {{Option|HTMLPARSER}}, {{Option|INLINELIMIT}}, {{Option|TAILCALLS}}, {{Option|DEFAULTDB}}, {{Option|RUNQUERY}}
 +
* Updated: {{Option|WRITEBACK}} only applies to main-memory document instances.
 +
* Updated: {{Option|DEBUG}} option can be changed at runtime by users with admin permissions.
 +
* Updated: default of {{Option|INTPARSE}} is now {{Code|false}}.
 +
* Removed: <code>HTMLOPT</code> (replaced with {{Option|HTMLPARSER}}), <code>PARSEROPT</code> (replaced with parser-specific options), <code>DOTDISPLAY</code>, <code>DOTTY</code>
  
 
;Version 7.7
 
;Version 7.7
 
+
* Added: {{Option|ADDCACHE}}, {{Option|CHECKSTRINGS}}, {{Option|FTINDEXSPLITSIZE}}, {{Option|INDEXSPLITSIZE}}
* Added: <code>[[#ADDCACHE|ADDCACHE]]</code>, <code>[[#INDEXSPLITSIZE|INDEXSPLITSIZE]]</code>, <code>[[#FTINDEXSPLITSIZE|FTINDEXSPLITSIZE]]</code>
 
  
 
;Version 7.6
 
;Version 7.6
 
+
* Added: {{Option|GLOBALLOCK}}
* Added: <code>[[#GLOBALLOCK|GLOBALLOCK]]</code>
 
 
* 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
* Added: <code>[[#USER|USER]]</code>, <code>[[#PASSWORD|PASSWORD]]</code>, <code>[[#LOG|LOG]]</code>, <code>[[#LOGMSGMAXLEN|LOGMSGMAXLEN]]</code>, <code>[[#WEBPATH|WEBPATH]]</code>, <code>[[#RESTXQPATH|RESTXQPATH]]</code><code>[[#HTTPLOCAL|HTTPLOCAL]]</code>, <code>[[#CREATEONLY|CREATEONLY]]</code>, <code>[[#STRIPNS|STRIPNS]]</code>
+
* Added: {{Option|USER}}, {{Option|PASSWORD}}, {{Option|LOG}}, {{Option|LOGMSGMAXLEN}}, {{Option|WEBPATH}}, {{Option|RESTXQPATH}}{{Option|HTTPLOCAL}}, {{Option|CREATEONLY}}, {{Option|STRIPNS}}
 
* Removed: {{Code|HTTPPATH}}; {{Code|HTTPPORT}}: {{Code|jetty.xml}} configuration file is used instead
 
* Removed: {{Code|HTTPPATH}}; {{Code|HTTPPORT}}: {{Code|jetty.xml}} configuration file is used instead
 
* Removed: global options cannot be changed anymore during the lifetime of a BaseX instance
 
* Removed: global options cannot be changed anymore during the lifetime of a BaseX instance
  
 
;Version 7.3
 
;Version 7.3
 
+
* Updated: {{Option|KEEPALIVE}}, {{Option|TIMEOUT}}: default values changed
* Updated: <code>[[#KEEPALIVE|KEEPALIVE]]</code>, <code>[[#TIMEOUT|TIMEOUT]]</code>: 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
 
* Removed: {{Code|SCORING}}; new scoring model will focus on lengths of text nodes and match options
 
* Removed: {{Code|SCORING}}; new scoring model will focus on lengths of text nodes and match options
  
 
;Version 7.2
 
;Version 7.2
 
+
* Added: {{Option|PROXYHOST}}, {{Option|PROXYPORT}}, {{Option|NONPROXYHOSTS}}, {{Option|HTMLOPT}}
* Added: <code>[[#PROXYHOST|PROXYHOST]]</code>, <code>[[#PROXYPORT|PROXYPORT]]</code>, <code>[[#NONPROXYHOSTS|NONPROXYHOSTS]]</code>, <code>[[#HTMLOPT|HTMLOPT]]</code>
+
* Updated: {{Option|TIMEOUT}}: ignore timeout for admin users
* Updated: <code>[[#TIMEOUT|TIMEOUT]]</code>: ignore timeout for admin users
 
  
 
;Version 7.1
 
;Version 7.1
 
+
* Added: {{Option|ADDRAW}}, {{Option|MAXLEN}}, {{Option|MAXCATS}}, {{Option|UPDINDEX}}
* Added: <code>[[#ADDRAW|ADDRAW]]</code>, <code>[[#MAXLEN|MAXLEN]]</code>, <code>[[#MAXCATS|MAXCATS]]</code>, <code>[[#UPDINDEX|UPDINDEX]]</code>
+
* Updated: {{Option|BINDINGS}}
* Updated: <code>[[#BINDINGS|BINDINGS]]</code>
 
  
 
;Version 7.0
 
;Version 7.0
 
+
* Added: {{Option|SERVERHOST}}, {{Option|KEEPALIVE}}, {{Option|AUTOFLUSH}}, {{Option|QUERYPATH}}
* Added: <code>[[#SERVERHOST|SERVERHOST]]</code>, <code>[[#KEEPALIVE|KEEPALIVE]]</code>, <code>[[#AUTOFLUSH|AUTOFLUSH]]</code>, <code>[[#QUERYPATH|QUERYPATH]]</code>
 

Revision as of 15:01, 12 November 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

Template:Mark Support for POST and PUT requests.

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.
  • In addition to the Jetty defaults (GET requests, exclusion of binaries, MSIE 6.0, etc.), POST and PUT requests are supported.

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

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

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, copies of all enclosed nodes will be created, and the copied nodes get new node identities. As a result, the following query yields false:

<syntaxhighlight lang="xquery"> let $a := <a/> let $b := { $a } return $b/a is $a </syntaxhighlight> This step can be very expensive and memory consuming. If the option is disabled, child nodes will only be linked to the new parent nodes, and the upper query returns true.
The option should be used carefully as it changes the semantics of XQuery. It should preferably 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.

WRAPJAVA

Signature WRAPJAVA [mode]
Default some
Summary Defines the way how values that result from Java code invocation will be converted to XQuery items. Allowed values: none, all, some, instance, and void. See Java Bindings for further details.

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 10
  • Updated: GZIP: Support for POST and PUT requests.
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