Ah, document-get() ... perfect ... thanks ! - Danny
On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Joe Bryan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Danny, > > You don't need to have the DLL stored in the database in order to use > xdmp:document-filter(). You merely need to have it's contents as a node() > (specifically, a document-node() or binary() node). That node could come in > as the response to a network request (to another system), it could be > received as parameter in a network request, it could be read from the > filesystem, etc. > > Here's an example reading from the filesystem: > > let $doc := xdmp:document-get("/Users/jbryan/Downloads/sample.pdf") > return xdmp:document-filter($doc) > > Thanks. > > -jb > > From: <[email protected]> on behalf of Danny Sinang > <[email protected]> > Reply-To: MarkLogic Developer Discussion <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 4:37 PM > To: MarkLogic Developer Discussion <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] Running executable from XQuery > > Hi David, > > Thank you very much for pointing out that article. > > xdmp:document-filter() accepts a node parameter. Since the DLL is on the > filesystem, does this mean I need to ingest the DLL into ML first before I > can pass it to xdmp:document-filter() ? > > Regards, > Danny > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:29 PM, David Ennis <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> HI. >> >> [other than some hooks for custom search extensions], MarkLogic does not >> have a way to directly run code external to itself. You always need to >> bridge to this other code as you have seen in the MLJAM example. >> >> However.. Looking at your use case, consider the fact that MarkLogic can >> extract interesting metadata from over 100 different file formats.. DLL >> (Windoes Executable) is one of them (lister under 'other' >> >> https://docs.marklogic.com/guide/search-dev/binary-document-metadata >> >> So, maybe your goal is reachable by using ML to do the extraction for >> you... >> >> >> >> Kind Regards, >> David Ennis >> >> >> David Ennis >> *Content Engineer* >> >> [image: HintTech] <http://www.hinttech.com/> >> Mastering the value of content >> creative | technology | content >> >> Delftechpark 37i >> 2628 XJ Delft >> The Netherlands >> T: +31 88 268 25 00 >> M: +31 63 091 72 80 >> >> [image: http://www.hinttech.com] <http://www.hinttech.com> >> <https://twitter.com/HintTech> <http://www.facebook.com/HintTech> >> <http://www.linkedin.com/company/HintTech> >> >> On 2 September 2015 at 21:17, Danny Sinang <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Has anyone here tried running Windows executable files from within >>> XQuery scripts ? >>> >>> I've got a VBScript that can read the version info of any given DLL, and >>> I'd like to invoke it from an ML scheduled task and store the version info >>> inside MarkLogic. >>> >>> The list of DLLs to read is stored in an XML file inside MarkLogic. >>> >>> I think I can probably use MLJAM to make the OS run the VBScript, but >>> I'm wondering if there's a solution out there that involves less components >>> / moving parts. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Danny >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> General mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Manage your subscription at: >>> http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> Manage your subscription at: >> http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > Manage your subscription at: > http://developer.marklogic.com/mailman/listinfo/general > >
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