Hi Andy,
it's nice to hear that you spotted my temporary Wiki edit.. Yes, I'm quite positive that db:create() will make it into 7.5, although there are still lots of "minor issues" to resolve. Next, as you've probably read, db:create() will always executed after all other database operations on the pending update list, because the database to be created cannot be referenced in the query itself (..as it does not exist yet). Using RESTXQ, this won't be such a big deal, as you can use db:output() to redirect to another query, which operated on the newly created database.
Reg. HTTPLOCAL: the only difference is that no database server instance will be started if HTTPLOCAL is set to true. The server instance is mainly helpful if you want to address the same BaseX instance from other clients which are not running in the same JVM.
I really hope to finish all the stuff soon, including the documentation around the updated HTTP architecture. I guess there are many open questions. If you want to know more about the changes, just ask what feels confusing to you (this may also improve the Wiki texts to be written).
Christian ___________________________
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Andy Bunce bunce.andy@gmail.com wrote:
I saw there was briefly 7.4 build with a db:create function and then this functionality was removed. Is this likely to come back for the 7.5 release? It would seem if HTTPLOCAL [1] is in use then the options for database management are somewhat limited? Also would you except any significant performance benefits from HTTPLOCAL?
/Andy
http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Options#HTTPLOCAL
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