I think I wasn't thinking clearly about the problem. If I have a link from one page of the Web app to a REST URL, the results of that URL have to be shown so without using Javascript to submit the URL there will always be a separate result, which I can direct to a separate browser window.
So it's not really an issue. And if I wanted things to be a bit more sophisticated I would use Javascript to submit the REST URL and manage the response, however long it took to return. Cheers, E. ---- Eliot Kimber, Owner Contrext, LLC http://contrext.com On 7/4/15, 1:26 PM, "Eliot Kimber" <basex-talk-boun...@mailman.uni-konstanz.de on behalf of ekim...@contrext.com> wrote: >I'm creating a RESTXQ-based Web application. One of things I need to do is >have a REST method that then does a potentially long-running operation >against the database. > >I don't see an obvious way to to start a long query and not have it block >in the this configuration. > >If I had a standalone client app (e.g., a Java app that provided the UI) >then it would be no problem, just create a new connection for the >long-running app. > >But in the context of a RESTXQ application is there a way to do it? I >didn't see anything obvious in the docs but I'm not sure I know what to >look for. > >Thanks, > >Eliot > >---- >Eliot Kimber, Owner >Contrext, LLC >http://contrext.com > > > >