Thanks Jens for the quick response, I really appreciate it.

There are a few issues that trouble a newbie like me ....

1.  What are resources? How are they counted?

create database IVS

Database 'IVS' created in 106.53 ms.

list

name  Resources  Size     Input Path       ------------------------------------------------------       IVS   1          4578       test  2          1837327  C:/Program Files (x86)/BaseX

2   Databases.  > list IVS Input Path  Type  Content-Type  Size ------------------------------------

0 Resources.

NOTE : 'LIST' command said 1 resource, while 'LIST IVS' said 0 resource.

2. In the documentation, it seems that documents and resources are synonymous.

help list

LIST ([path])   List databases or documents in database.

These are minor things. I'm off to a good start. I just wanted to mention them, in case someone else comes looking.

Thanks for your help!

Anupam

________________________________ From: Jens Erat jens.erat@uni-konstanz.de To: Anupam Bakshi bakshia@yahoo.com Cc: "basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de" basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:04 AM Subject: Re: [basex-talk] List all documents in a database

Hi Anupam,

you're probably locking for `LIST` and `DELETE`, also have a look at the [Commands documentation] in our wiki.

If there are still open questions, don't hesitate to ask again.

Kind regards from Lake Constance, Germany, Jens Erat

[Commands documentation]: http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Commands

Hi Anupam,

as Jens indicated, you will find many hints on the notion of 'databases' and 'resources' in our documentation.

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LIST ([path])   List databases or documents in database.

True, the wording is not up-to-date anymore (some time ago, we only stored "documents", and no binaries, in the database). I have updated this and some other text snippets in the latest snapshot [1].

Christian

[1] http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Releases

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These are minor things. I'm off to a good start. I just wanted to mention them, in case someone else comes looking.

Thanks for your help! Anupam

From: Jens Erat jens.erat@uni-konstanz.de To: Anupam Bakshi bakshia@yahoo.com Cc: "basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de" basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:04 AM Subject: Re: [basex-talk] List all documents in a database

Hi Anupam,

you're probably locking for `LIST` and `DELETE`, also have a look at the [Commands documentation] in our wiki.

If there are still open questions, don't hesitate to ask again.

Kind regards from Lake Constance, Germany, Jens Erat

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Am 19.05.2012 um 14:01 schrieb Anupam Bakshi:

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Hello,  I'm new to BaseX and XQuery, I wonder if someone can help with a simple question.

I have added several documents to a BaseX database. Now I want to list and delete them.  I didn't see commands to do that in the BaseX client 7.2.1.

Any pointer or help will help me in understanding.

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