I'm confused !
If you turn directory creation to manual.
Suppose you create a XML file with URL
/foo/bar/spam.xml
My 'understanding' (from reading the ML docs) is that there is no directory
"/foo/bar/"
Since no directories were created, none exist.
Is this just terminology ? or is there something else under the hood I'm
missing.
To me this implies that URI's need not have "directories" associated with them.
Is this wrong ?
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Blakeley [mailto:michael.blake...@marklogic.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 12:20 PM
To: General Mark Logic Developer Discussion
Cc: Lee, David
Subject: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] Query on directories
David, that approach works as long as your directory has a corresponding
directory fragment (either with directory-creation=automatic or with
manually-created directories). But it's also possible - and fairly
common - to use xdmp:directory() without having any directory fragments
(directory-creation=manual). Most large database applications set
directory-creation=manual for efficiency reasons. So any general-purpose
code should be written to work for both cases.
You might think of these as explicit vs implicit directories. A webdav
client will only see explicit directories: it needs the directory
fragment for locking purposes. But any database query can make use of
implicit directories.
For most purposes I would use lock-free code to check for a directory uri:
xdmp:exists(xdmp:directory($uri, 'infinity'))
-- Mike
On 2010-08-31 07:38, Lee, David wrote:
> I'm not sure what a "tenant database" is, but if you want to query if a
> directory exists, you can use this code
> (copied from the MarkLogic extension to xmlsh, command "direxists"
> www.xmlsh.org)
>
>
>
> declare variable $uri external ;
> exists(xdmp:document-properties($uri)//prop:directory)
>
>
>
>
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> [mailto:general-boun...@developer.marklogic.com] On Behalf Of Vishnu Raaj
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 3:11 AM
> To: general@developer.marklogic.com
> Subject: [MarkLogic Dev General] Query on directories
>
> Hi All,
>
> I’m new to MarkLogic.
>
> Is there any way to check whether a tenant database exists in a MarkLogic
> database?
>
> As per my understanding, MarkLogic treats tenant db as directory. Currently
> there are only functions for CreateDirectory and DeleteDirecotory. I would
> like to know is there any facility to check whether a directory exists.
>
> Please help.
>
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