adding documents to a collection

> I will implement a web interface to edit and update specific nodes in an > existing database. This will probably be controlled mainly by the node-id. > Therefore it is no good idea to change the collection during the editing > process because node-ids would change. > > However, it seems that when adding a document to a collection it will be > integrated *after* all existing documents. Is it guaranteed that when > adding a new document to a collection, no existing node-ids are changed? I > would have to re-index the collection when adding new documents. > > Best regards > > Cerstin > -- > Dr. phil. Cerstin Mahlow > > Universität Basel > Deutsches Seminar > Nadelberg 4 > 4051 Basel > Schweiz > > Tel: +41 61 267 07 65 > Fax: +41 61 267 34 40 > Mail: cerstin.mahlow at unibas.ch > Web: http://www.oldphras.net > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > > _______________________________________________ > BaseX-Talk mailing list > BaseX-Talk at mailman.uni-konstanz.de > https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk

> correct, new documents will aways be added after the existing > documents, which is why the existing node ids won't change. The ids > returned by "node-id()" won't change, too,

> in contrast to the values > returned by "node-pre()".

On 19.02.2012, at 17:56, Christian Grün wrote: > Hi Cerstin, > > correct, new documents will aways be added after the existing > documents, which is why the existing node ids won't change. The ids > returned by "node-id()" won't change, too, in contrast to the values > returned by "node-pre()". > > Hope this helps, > Christian > ___________________________ > >> I will implement a web interface to edit and update specific nodes in an >> existing database. This will probably be controlled mainly by the node-id. >> Therefore it is no good idea to change the collection during the editing >> process because node-ids would change. >> >> However, it seems that when adding a document to a collection it will be >> integrated *after* all existing documents. Is it guaranteed that when >> adding a new document to a collection, no existing node-ids are changed? I >> would have to re-index the collection when adding new documents. >> >> Best regards >> >> Cerstin >> -- >> Dr. phil. Cerstin Mahlow >> >> Universität Basel >> Deutsches Seminar >> Nadelberg 4 >> 4051 Basel >> Schweiz >> >> Tel: +41 61 267 07 65 >> Fax: +41 61 267 34 40 >> Mail: cerstin.mahlow at unibas.ch >> Web: http://www.oldphras.net >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BaseX-Talk mailing list >> BaseX-Talk at mailman.uni-konstanz.de >> https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk > _______________________________________________ > BaseX-Talk mailing list > BaseX-Talk at mailman.uni-konstanz.de > https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk