BaseX 7.9: The Summer Edition

On 27 June 2014 16:27, Christian Grün <christian.gruen at gmail.com> wrote: > Dear subscribers, > > in the midst of summertime, we provide you with a great new version > of BaseX, our XML database system and XQuery 3.0 processor! > This is what you get: > > XQUNIT > - Unit testing has been improved a lot. All test functions will now be > evaluated separately; this way, updates can be performed within test. > - with the new TEST command, all test modules in a specified directory > can be evaluated. > - tests can be invoked from within the GUI editor and project view. > - on command-line, the -t flag can be used for the same purpose. > > RESTXQ > - Custom HTTP methods can be defined via %rest:method > - Error handling has been improved and aligned with try/catch > > REST > - The "run" operation allows execution of server-side command scripts > > DATABASE MODULE > - parsing options added to db:create, db:add and db:replace > > As usual, various minor bugs and inconsistencies have been fixed in > the latest version; check out our documentation and the GitHub > history for more details! > > The latest version is available at http://basex.org. > We are looking forward to your feedback, > > Christian > BaseX Team >

> Looking good. One minor issue, the two argument form of session:get [1] > with a default seems to be broken.

> Also regarding the wiki session documentation: The session get/set functions > are documented as only taking string values but, usefully, they will take > other data such as nodes.

On 29 June 2014 13:30, Christian Grün <christian.gruen at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Andy, > > > Looking good. One minor issue, the two argument form of session:get [1] > > with a default seems to be broken. > > good catch; for some reason, the implementation of this function was > set to private. I have just fixed this in the latest snapshot. > > > Also regarding the wiki session documentation: The session get/set > functions > > are documented as only taking string values but, usefully, they will take > > other data such as nodes. > > I couldn't reproduce this so far; do you have an example? > > Christian >

> I do not have aproblem with functionality, it is just a documentation > problem - I think > http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Session_Module#session:get and set > should say > session:get($key as xs:string) as item() > or similar

> /Andy > > > On 29 June 2014 13:30, Christian Grün <christian.gruen at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Andy, >> >> > Looking good. One minor issue, the two argument form of session:get [1] >> > with a default seems to be broken. >> >> good catch; for some reason, the implementation of this function was >> set to private. I have just fixed this in the latest snapshot. >> >> > Also regarding the wiki session documentation: The session get/set >> > functions >> > are documented as only taking string values but, usefully, they will >> > take >> > other data such as nodes. >> >> I couldn't reproduce this so far; do you have an example? >> >> Christian > >