This is a great writeup ! One thing you may want to edit is that with V7 and on, directory creation defaults to manual, not automatic.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Blakeley Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 9:51 AM To: MarkLogic Developer Discussion Subject: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] Use of directory Have you read http://blakeley.com/blogofile/2012/03/19/directory-assistance/ yet? -- Mike On 28 Mar 2014, at 23:08 , David Ennis <[email protected]> wrote: > HI. > > I am curious of the reason to use directory-create vs just attaching > information to URIS ending on '/' > > creating directories allows for permissions, stec. This seems to be managed > via properties on the path. > > If I do not need granular permission control, then what is the benefit > of using xdmp:directory-create> > > Take this example: > xquery version "1.0-ml"; > declare namespace html = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";; > > (:let $dir1 := xdmp:directory-create('/foo/'):) let $fakedir := > xdmp:document-set-properties('/foo2/', > <some_information>baz</some_information>) > let $insert := xdmp:document-insert('/foo/file1.xml', <something/>) > let $insert := xdmp:document-insert('/foo2/file1.xml', <something/>) > > > return <results> > > <my_directory_listing>{xdmp:directory("/foo2/")}</my_directory_listing> > > <properties_of_fake_dir>{xdmp:document-properties('/foo2/')}</properties_of_fake_dir> > > </results> > > - I can put a property on /foo/ - allowing me to keep > 'directory-level' information > - I can use xdmp:directory as well (even though it is not internally > tagged as a directory) > - I can also use cts:uri-match for other uses, etc > > So.. Other than granular permissions, what benefit to I get by using > 'directories' rather than building on the sample above? > > Regards, > David > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general
