Thanks Mike. This is helpful to know. Tim
On 04/26/2013 12:40 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:42:30 -0700 > From: Michael Blakeley<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] How to test whether doc exists > To: MarkLogic Developer Discussion<[email protected]> > Message-ID:<[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > In theory xdmp:exists(doc($uri)) is fastest. However it isn't update-safe > because it doesn't take a read lock. If you are writing update logic that > depends on whether or not a document exists, stick with fn:exists(doc($uri)). > > Speed of either will depend on many factors: whether or not the document is > in cache, disk performance, database size, cluster configuration, etc. > > -- Mike _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general
