Dear BaseX aficionados,
An upcoming version of our software (7.9 or 8.0) will make it much easier to perform updates and return items at the same time [1]. It will also contain an xquery:update function and will bring xquery:eval and xquery:evaluate together again [2] Another exciting and sophisticated feature we are working on is query precompilation [3], which will particularly speed up large XQuery applications and allow for more request-specific optimizations.
Next, we are working on a Database Administration interface based on RESTXQ, and we will also drop out the confusing client/server dialog from the GUI.
Feature 1 and 2 are already available via a feature branch [4]. If you are working with the git sources, we are excited to get your feedback!
Christian
[1] https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/issues/873 [2] https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/issues/878 [3] https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/issues/874 [4] https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/tree/issue873