Hi, I'm currently processing a 3GB xml file. Below is the Query that is being executed and the corresponding output

count(db:open("ASEPXML", "A_SEPXML")/descendant::*:PmtInf[15]/*:CdtTrfTxInf/*:CdtrAgt/*:FinInstnId/*:BIC/text()) Output: 100000

The total time taken to evaluate the query is 210 secs. Below is the query plan.

Compiling: - pre-evaluating db:open("ASEPXML", "A_SEPXML") Optimized Query: fn:count(document-node { "A_SEPXML" }/descendant::*:PmtInf[15]/*:CdtTrfTxInf/*:CdtrAgt/*:FinInstnId/*:BIC/text()) Result: - Hit(s): 1 Item - Updated: 0 Items - Printed: 6 Bytes - Locking: local [ASEPXML] Timing: - Parsing: 0.0 ms - Compiling: 0.28 ms - Evaluating: 210818.96 ms - Printing: 0.08 ms - Total Time: 210819.34 ms Query plan: <QueryPlan> <FNAggr name="count(item)"> <CachedPath> <DBNode name="ASEPXML" pre="0"/> <IterPosStep axis="descendant" test="*:PmtInf"> <Pos min="15" max="15"/> </IterPosStep> <IterStep axis="child" test="*:CdtTrfTxInf"/> <IterStep axis="child" test="*:CdtrAgt"/> <IterStep axis="child" test="*:FinInstnId"/> <IterStep axis="child" test="*:BIC"/> <IterStep axis="child" test="text()"/> </CachedPath> </FNAggr> </QueryPlan> The database ASEPXML has text index created. The structure of the xml is as follows:

<root> <PmtInf> <CdtTrfTxInf> <CdtrAgt> <FinInstnId> <BIC>XXXXXX1A</BIC> </FinInstnId> </CdtrAgt> </CdtTrfTxInf> <CdtTrfTxInf> <CdtrAgt> <FinInstnId> <BIC>XXXXXX2A</BIC> </FinInstnId> </CdtrAgt> </CdtTrfTxInf> <CdtTrfTxInf> <CdtrAgt> <FinInstnId> <BIC>XXXXXX3A</BIC> </FinInstnId> </CdtrAgt> </CdtTrfTxInf> <CdtTrfTxInf> ... repeating node (100000) </PmtInf> <PmtInf>

</PmtInf> ... repeating node (40) </root>

Are there possibilities of reducing the response times and how do I detect if an index is being used or not ?

Regards Nesh