SET command?

> GET DBPATH

> SET DBPATH /Users/Pascal/BaseXData

> GET LANG

> SET LANG French

>

On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Pascal Heus <pascal.heus at gmail.com> wrote: > Having a weird behavior with the SET command as I can'r seem to change > any option. > Just launching from the shell using the "basex" script, I can GET but > not SET. I must be doing something obviously wrong.... > This is with 7.6 on MacOSX. > > BaseX 7.6 [Standalone] > Try help to get more information. > > > GET DBPATH > DBPATH: /Applications/basex/data > > SET DBPATH /Users/Pascal/BaseXData > Unknown option 'DBPATH'. > > GET LANG > LANG: English > > SET LANG French > Unknown option 'LANG'. > > > > Also tried: > basex -c "SET DBPATH /Users/Pascal/BaseXData" > but same results. > > > _______________________________________________ > BaseX-Talk mailing list > BaseX-Talk at mailman.uni-konstanz.de > https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk >

On 5/8/13 3:11 PM, Dirk Kirsten wrote: > Dear Pascal, > > there is one little hint in the documentation, take a look here > "http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Commands#SET". It says "Only local options > can be modified.". > Both of these options are global, so you can not change them using SET > (you can use the .basex config file or system properties, > see http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Options). > However, I totally understand that you missed this information in the > doc as it is quite hidden. Additionally, the error feedback is quite > misleading. I would opt for a slightly changed error message like > "Unknown local option X" as it gives the user an indication that there > are local/global options and this is not a local one. > > Cheers, > Dirk > > > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Pascal Heus <pascal.heus at gmail.com > <mailto:pascal.heus at gmail.com>> wrote: > > Having a weird behavior with the SET command as I can'r seem to change > any option. > Just launching from the shell using the "basex" script, I can GET but > not SET. I must be doing something obviously wrong.... > This is with 7.6 on MacOSX. > > BaseX 7.6 [Standalone] > Try help to get more information. > > > GET DBPATH > DBPATH: /Applications/basex/data > > SET DBPATH /Users/Pascal/BaseXData > Unknown option 'DBPATH'. > > GET LANG > LANG: English > > SET LANG French > Unknown option 'LANG'. > > > > Also tried: > basex -c "SET DBPATH /Users/Pascal/BaseXData" > but same results. > > > _______________________________________________ > BaseX-Talk mailing list > BaseX-Talk at mailman.uni-konstanz.de > <mailto:BaseX-Talk at mailman.uni-konstanz.de> > https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk > > > > > -- > Dirk Kirsten, BaseX GmbH, http://basex.org <http://basex.org/> > |-- Firmensitz: Blarerstrasse 56, 78462 Konstanz > |-- Registergericht Freiburg, HRB: 708285, Geschäftsführer: > | Dr. Christian Grün, Alexander Holupirek, Michael Seiferle > `-- Phone: 0049 7531 28 28 676, Fax: 0049 7531 20 05 22

On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Pascal Heus <pascal.heus at gmail.com> wrote: > Dirk: > Ah, yes, read the docs! For once I actually did.... but missed the nuance > :-) > In this particular case, I would suggest if possible changing the error > message to "This value cannot be SET. Only local options can be modified." , > to differentiate from "Unknown Option". > Thanks for pointing this out, much appreciated. > best > *P > > > On 5/8/13 3:11 PM, Dirk Kirsten wrote: > > Dear Pascal, > > there is one little hint in the documentation, take a look here > "http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Commands#SET". It says "Only local options can > be modified.". > Both of these options are global, so you can not change them using SET (you > can use the .basex config file or system properties, see > http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Options). > However, I totally understand that you missed this information in the doc as > it is quite hidden. Additionally, the error feedback is quite misleading. I > would opt for a slightly changed error message like "Unknown local option X" > as it gives the user an indication that there are local/global options and > this is not a local one. > > Cheers, > Dirk > > > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Pascal Heus <pascal.heus at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Having a weird behavior with the SET command as I can'r seem to change >> any option. >> Just launching from the shell using the "basex" script, I can GET but >> not SET. I must be doing something obviously wrong.... >> This is with 7.6 on MacOSX. >> >> BaseX 7.6 [Standalone] >> Try help to get more information. >> >> > GET DBPATH >> DBPATH: /Applications/basex/data >> > SET DBPATH /Users/Pascal/BaseXData >> Unknown option 'DBPATH'. >> > GET LANG >> LANG: English >> > SET LANG French >> Unknown option 'LANG'. >> > >> >> Also tried: >> basex -c "SET DBPATH /Users/Pascal/BaseXData" >> but same results. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BaseX-Talk mailing list >> BaseX-Talk at mailman.uni-konstanz.de >> https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk > > > > > -- > Dirk Kirsten, BaseX GmbH, http://basex.org > |-- Firmensitz: Blarerstrasse 56, 78462 Konstanz > |-- Registergericht Freiburg, HRB: 708285, Geschäftsführer: > | Dr. Christian Grün, Alexander Holupirek, Michael Seiferle > `-- Phone: 0049 7531 28 28 676, Fax: 0049 7531 20 05 22 > > > > _______________________________________________ > BaseX-Talk mailing list > BaseX-Talk at mailman.uni-konstanz.de > https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk >