Thanks. I figured out what I was doing wrong.
On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 5:36 PM Christian Grün <christian.gr...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> The update keyword is a so-called “non-updating expression”; the
> result will not have any effect on the database. You can use the
> simple map operator…
>
> db:open('db','country')/json[countryId = 1] ! (
> replace value of node countryName with 'Aldorria',
> insert node <population type="number">1000</population> into .
> )
>
> …or FLWOR expressions, etc. to change nodes in the database.
>
> See e.g. [1] to learn more about XQuery Update.
> ___________________________
>
> [1] http://docs.basex.org/wiki/XQuery_Update
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 6:12 AM, E. Wray Johnson <wray.john...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I have tried many ways of updating JSON objects and none seem to work.
> > Using the BaseX GUI, the Result window seems to show the correct outcom,
> but
> > the database is not modified. What am I missing? Do I need to explicitly
> > start/stop a transaction?
> >
> > XQUERY:
> > db:open('db','country')/json[countryId = 1]
> > update {
> > replace value of node countryName with 'Aldorria',
> > insert node <population type="number">1000</population> into .
> > }
> >
> >
> > Result:
> > <json type="object">
> > <countryId type="number">1</countryId >
> > <countryName>Aldorria</countryName>
> > <population type="number">1234</population>
> > <planetName>Zeldon</planetName>
> > </json>
>
