Hi all,
First, thanks for making BaseX! I'm in the process of learning it (and XQuery) after an ill-fated attempt to coerce complicated XML data into a relational database, and I'm optimistic about the prospects of success.
But there is one thorn in my side: it seems like xquery commands have to all be on a single line when run from the command line client. Multiple lines/indentation goes a long way towards helping me mentally structure the queries I'm (trying to) run, but it seems I have to join them together on a single line in order to actually run them. I've tried the standard \ character with no luck, and I couldn't find anything in the documentation about it.
Is there any solution, or is that just the way it is?
Thanks, Bill
Use the GUI ( run “basexgui &” from the command line )!
You can run and edit commands from the top command line, and if they start to grow into longer expressions, copy and paste them into the file window, where you can click on the run button. Plus it will give you some syntax guidance while you’re typing.
Really handy when you are learning XQuery.
— Steve.
On Aug 20, 2020, at 5:07 PM, Bill Osmond bill@with.in wrote:
Hi all,
First, thanks for making BaseX! I'm in the process of learning it (and XQuery) after an ill-fated attempt to coerce complicated XML data into a relational database, and I'm optimistic about the prospects of success.
But there is one thorn in my side: it seems like xquery commands have to all be on a single line when run from the command line client. Multiple lines/indentation goes a long way towards helping me mentally structure the queries I'm (trying to) run, but it seems I have to join them together on a single line in order to actually run them. I've tried the standard \ character with no luck, and I couldn't find anything in the documentation about it.
Is there any solution, or is that just the way it is?
Thanks, Bill
A simple solution for a simple problem, I will do that - thanks Steve!
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 2:58 PM Majewski, Steven Dennis (sdm7g) < sdm7g@virginia.edu> wrote:
Use the GUI ( run “basexgui &” from the command line )!
You can run and edit commands from the top command line, and if they start to grow into longer expressions, copy and paste them into the file window, where you can click on the run button. Plus it will give you some syntax guidance while you’re typing.
Really handy when you are learning XQuery.
— Steve.
On Aug 20, 2020, at 5:07 PM, Bill Osmond bill@with.in wrote:
Hi all,
First, thanks for making BaseX! I'm in the process of learning it (and
XQuery) after an ill-fated attempt to coerce complicated XML data into a relational database, and I'm optimistic about the prospects of success.
But there is one thorn in my side: it seems like xquery commands have to
all be on a single line when run from the command line client. Multiple lines/indentation goes a long way towards helping me mentally structure the queries I'm (trying to) run, but it seems I have to join them together on a single line in order to actually run them. I've tried the standard \ character with no luck, and I couldn't find anything in the documentation about it.
Is there any solution, or is that just the way it is?
Thanks, Bill
basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de
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