Merging databases?

On 07/24/2015 09:40 PM, Eliot Kimber wrote: > If there's to better way you should be able to simply copy the docs > without first exporting them: > > > For $dbname in $dbNames > Return > Let $docs := collection($dbname) > For $doc in $docs > db:add($newDbName, $doc, $local:makeNewDocUrl($doc)) > > Or something close to that > > Cheers, > > Eliot > > ---- > Eliot Kimber, Owner > Contrext, LLC > http://contrext.com > > > > > On 7/24/15, 2:30 PM, "Amanda Galtman" > <basex-talk-bounces at mailman.uni-konstanz.de on behalf of > Amanda.Galtman at mathworks.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Is there a simple, fast way to merge databases? For example, suppose I >> have 200 databases, each with 5 XML documents, and the document paths are >> unique across all the databases. I want to produce a database containing >> all 1000 documents. >> >> I looked in the Database Module wiki and nothing jumped out as being >> uniquely tailored for this task. I¹m sure there is an ad hoc way to do it >> by looping over the documents in the databases, exporting them, and >> adding them to the new database. >> But if that takes the same amount of time as building the 200 databases >> in the first place, I should change other things about my design to avoid >> the need to merge databases. >> >> Thanks, >> Amanda >> >