Re: [basex-talk] Update operations on JSON objects are not working

Thanks. I figured out what I was doing wrong. On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 5:36 PM Christian Grün 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… > >

Re: [basex-talk] Update operations on JSON objects are not working

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 1000 into . ) …or FLWOR

[basex-talk] Update operations on JSON objects are not working

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 =