If like me your using BaseX 8.3.1 don't forget to add ...

declare option output:method "raw";



before the db:retrieve()  otherwise you won't get back what you put in.

I learned this the hard way trying to extract binary files that were stored in codepage IBM1047 and it took me a while to figure out why they came back translated;

On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 11:11 AM, E. Wray Johnson <wray.johnson@gmail.com> wrote:

When using the sample Java client to store/retrieve binary/raw files I have to execute separate open/close commands.  It is my understanding that this locks the database.  In a multi-user scenario, such locking is undesirable as binary/raw files can be quite large.  And since there is no alteration of the indexes etc during such operations, is there a better way? Also, why isn't there a corresponding retrieve method on the Java client, similar to the store method?

My code to store:

BaseXClient session = new BaseXClient(host, port, username, password);
session.execute("open " + database);
session.store(path, inputStream);
session.execute("close");

My code to retrieve:

BaseXClient session = new BaseXClient(host, port, username, password);
session.execute("open " + database);
session.execute("retrieve " + path, outputStream);
session.execute("close");

Thanks in advance!