Opening a database outside of the BaseX directory
Monday, 21 September 2015 · 3 messages
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buddyonweb-software21 Sep 2015 17:35 #
OK, I've been working with BaseX for a little while with some great success. But I am now putting some 'glue' code together and I have a simple task that I am struggling with (believe it or not)
Having an issue opening up a database (using just the BaseX jar file). I execute XQuery (inside Java program) and I try specifying the path to the database (e.g. /home/somedirectory/basex/data/MyDB). However whenever I use the full path to get the database, it can't find it. I execute the program locally (without the full path) and everything works just fine!
I've tried using db:open() and collection(). Any advice - and sorry for such a simple question. I'm sure I am overlooking something both simple and silly.
Thanks again
CG
Christian Grün21 Sep 2015 17:39 #
Quoted text · buddyonweb-software · 7 lines
> Having an issue opening up a database (using just the BaseX jar file). I > execute > XQuery (inside Java program) and I try specifying the path to the database > (e.g. /home/somedirectory/basex/data/MyDB). However whenever I use the full > path to get > the database, it can't find it. I execute the program locally (without the > full path) and everything works just fine!
We need more information: How did you specify the database path? Did you assign it to
DBPATH, as described in the documentation [1]? A .basex file may simplify your life; if your setting allows it, you can also move your database directory to your Java working directory.
Christian
[1] http://docs.basex.org/wiki/ConfigurationB
buddyonweb-software21 Sep 2015 17:49 #
The
DBPATH worked - boy, don't I feel dumb...oops!
Thanks so much again!Quoted text · Christian Grün · 8 lines
On Monday, September 21, 2015 11:39 AM, Christian Grün <christian.gruen at gmail.com> wrote: > Having an issue opening up a database (using just the BaseX jar file). I > execute > XQuery (inside Java program) and I try specifying the path to the database > (e.g. /home/somedirectory/basex/data/MyDB). However whenever I use the full > path to get > the database, it can't find it. I execute the program locally (without the > full path) and everything works just fine!
We need more information: How did you specify the database path? Did you assign it to
DBPATH, as described in the documentation [1]? A .basex file may simplify your life; if your setting allows it, you can also move your database directory to your Java working directory.
Christian
[1] http://docs.basex.org/wiki/ConfigurationWritten for BaseX 8.2. BaseX may have changed since: please check the current documentation.
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