-i command line option

Am trying to run BaseX form the command shell to execute a xquery on a specific database. I'm however a bit confused by the -i command line option. If I start BaseX as follows: java -Xmx512m -cp "/Users/pascal/git/dwb/lib/BaseX77.jar" -Dorg.basex.DBPATH=../BaseXdata org.basex.BaseX -*ifoo* which is expected to open the foo database, and from the prompt try to run:

This returns a count of 0

I get the proper output about the current database (vs "No database opened" if none was selected).

I get the proper count of documents Why do I have to count open again is the database is already 'opened' Likewise these return a count of 0 java -Xmx512m -cp "/Users/pascal/git/dwb/lib/BaseX77.jar" -Dorg.basex.DBPATH=../BaseXdata org.basex.BaseX -*ifoo*"count(*)" or java -Xmx512m -cp "/Users/pascal/git/dwb/lib/BaseX77.jar" -Dorg.basex.DBPATH=../BaseXdata org.basex.BaseX -*ifoo*countscript.bx though I would expect foo to be opened and ready for querying. Any suggestion would be appreciated. best *P

Hi Pascal, finally some feedback:

I tried something similar, and I got "1" as result. Did you also try more recent versions of BaseX (7.8.2, 8.0 beta)? Christian

Christian: Just tried with 7.8.2 and same issue. I can send you the DB if you like. Here is something interesting: If I run "info database" after starting from command line, I see Nodes: 0 / Documents: 0 / Binaries: 0 After I "open", I see Nodes: 1187661 / Documents: 27 / Binaries: 0 best *P _*DBINFO AFTER STARTING FROM COMMAND LINE*_ Database Properties Name: uk_ukda_teaching Size: 0 Bytes Nodes: 0 Documents: 0 Binaries: 0 Timestamp: 1970-01-01-01-00-00 Resource Properties Input Path: /Users/pascal/Work/DwB/BaseXData/uk_ukda_teaching Input Size: 37 MB Timestamp: 2014-01-10-11-56-38 Encoding: UTF-8 CHOP: true Indexes Up-to-date: true TEXTINDEX: true ATTRINDEX: true FTINDEX: false LANGUAGE: English STEMMING: false CASESENS: false DIACRITICS: false STOPWORDS: UPDINDEX: false MAXCATS: 100 MAXLEN: 96 _*DBINFO AFTER "OPEN uk-ukda_teaching"*_ Database Properties Name: uk_ukda_teaching Size: 37 MB Nodes: 1187661 Documents: 27 Binaries: 0 Timestamp: 2014-01-10-11-56-38 Resource Properties Timestamp: 2014-01-10-11-56-37 Encoding: UTF-8 CHOP: true Indexes Up-to-date: true TEXTINDEX: true ATTRINDEX: true FTINDEX: false LANGUAGE: English STEMMING: false CASESENS: false DIACRITICS: false STOPWORDS: UPDINDEX: false MAXCATS: 100 MAXLEN: 96

It might indeed have to do with the particular database. Did you experience the same with other dbs? This is what I get: $ basex -ifactbook BaseX 7.8.2 Try help to get more information.

Database Properties Name: factbook Size: 2885 KB Nodes: 104627 Documents: 1 Binaries: 0 Timestamp: 2014-03-21-11-31-41 ...