XQuery Update Facility

I see on the Wikipedia article for XQuery Update Facility, that XQilla, which BDBXML uses, implements the XQUF (not sure to which degree though). Can you utilize these commands in any XQuery, and does it require a special use of the API? Any documentation on your site? This looks like a very exciting language extension to have available.
thank you,
Brett

Brett,
Thanks. This also means XmlModify will eventually disappear since it's no longer
necessary (and now implemented in terms of XQuery Update anyway). It's still around for
now.
As for security, we're considering one or both of:
1. bool XmlQueryExpression::isUpdateExpression() to allow the application
to ask the question and decide.
2. A flag (e.g. DBXML_NO_UPDATES) passed to the relevant execute() and query() functions. In Java it'd be a new configuration option in XmlDocumentConfig
Do you have a preference? I'm leaning toward (1) -- it's a slightly simpler change
and just as easy to use.
Regards,
George

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Use of XQuery Update Facility

Dear all,
I am looking for some database systems that use the W3C XQuery Update facility specification to modify their data.
To the best of my knowledge, no of well-known commercial database systems uses XQuery Update primitives.
For instance, Oracle 11g defines some SQL/XML update functions (combined with some XQuery expressions) to modify XML data stored within the database through the XMLType data type.
IBM DB2 9 uses SQL update statement to modify the whole XML document stored as an XML column and no update is proposed to modify parts of the document.
Are there some database systems providing XQuery-Update-Facility-based update of their data.
Thank you in advance.
Best regards.

Were you aware of
[url http://www.liberidu.com/blog/2011/09/22/oracle-xmldb-xquery-update-in-database-release-11-2-0-3-0/]Oracle XMLDB XQuery Update in Database Release 11.2.0.3.0
Given it is new, expect a few bugs, such as
{thread:id=2355054}
If you have specific questions related to XQuery Update, the best place to ask them is over in the {forum:id=34} forum.

XQuery Update Facility in XMLDB?

Hi
I didn't find information about XQuery Update Facility
support or XUpdate support in Oracle XML DB. Do you have
such info?
Regards,
--drkm

Xquery update is NOT anywhere near well enougth defined for us to implement it at present. We are actively involved in the standards process for XQuery update. It's very unclear what the future of the XUpdate is at this point...
We support node-level updates through a set of SQL functions
updateXML (9iR2 and later), insertChildXML, appendChildXML, insertXMLBefore and deleteXML (10gr2 and later)
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mdrake

XML DML XQuery Update syntax

Hi everybody,
Certainly my question will appear strange and even stupid , but I want to be sure to use the best syntax and also to be confirmed about some points.
In the document Oracle XML DB Best practices, we can find a lot of statements for modifying XML documents. In page 11 and 12 we have statements with and without XQuery syntax. What is exactly the best way ? Using insertchildxml, updatexml or the update statement with the XMLQuery clause ?
Why we use copy in these statement, but the keyword copy is not used in a XQuery expression.
I think copy is not specific to Oracle, is it used in XQuery language ?
In page 15, the SQL statement to modify XML document uses deletexml, not a XQuery update syntax.
I'm using Oracle 11G.
Thanks in advance for your explanations

user4423142 wrote:
In the document Oracle XML DB Best practices, we can find a lot of statements for modifying XML documents. In page 11 and 12 we have statements with and without XQuery syntax. What is exactly the best way ? Using insertchildxml, updatexml or the update statement with the XMLQuery clause ?The recommended way is closely tied to the version you're using, which you didn't give.
"11g" is not a version, it's a product name.
You can find the version by running :
SQL> select * from v$version;
BANNER
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
CORE 11.2.0.3.0 Production
TNS for Linux: Version 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
XQuery Update on Oracle in available in the latest version only : 11.2.0.3.
If you're using this version, Oracle recommends you start using XQuery Update.
Why we use copy in these statement, but the keyword copy is not used in a XQuery expression.
I think copy is not specific to Oracle, is it used in XQuery language ?<tt>copy</tt> is specific to the XQuery Update Facility (XQUF) extension of the XQuery 1.0 language.
The XQUF was primarily intended to work with native XML databases where it's OK to directly invoke update primitives (insert, delete, replace etc.) to modify database content.
On Oracle, it's not possible and the current implementation only supports XQUF through the "transform" operation (copy/modify syntax) where a copy of the original document/fragment is modified and written back to the db.
However, XQuery rewrite and related optimizations may occur so that piecewise updates actually take place.

Xml Validation & XQuery Update

Hello,
I have a question on xml validation in Berkeley DB XML (2.5.16).
I read in documentation that an xml can be validated against an xml DTD or Schema when is loaded into a container. However, when an XQuery Update is to be executed is there any configuration that allows checking if the XQuery Update leads to an xml that does not conform with the DTD/Schema? If so, how this case is managed? The XQuery is executed, or not? Is there any exception thrown?
I made a test over this: I wrote an xml (and a related DTD) where an element contains an id attribute and another element a referencing attribute to the aforementioned id. Then, an XQuery Update 'delete' expression deletes the element with the id attribute. The element is indeed deleted, the xml is left in an inconsistent state and I am allowed of making more update operations to this document...
I was wondering if there is any way of handling this case, except from being careful with what updates you choose, so that the xml is kept in a valid state. Is there something I am missing?
thank you in advance,
theo

Hello,
I believe that XQuery execution does not support DTD yet. I'll investigate further and let you know what else I can find.
Thanks,
Sandra

HT4972 why dont I have an update facility on my ipad

Why dont I have an update facility on my ipad

If you have an iPad 1, the max iOS is 5.1.1. For newer iPads, the current iOS is 7.1. The Settings>General>Software Update only appears if you have iOS 5.0 or higher currently installed.
You can no longer update to iOS 6.x, or down grade the iOS.
iOS 5: Updating your device to iOS 5 or Later
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4972
How to install iOS 6
http://www.macworld.com/article/2010061/hands-on-with-ios-6-installation.html
iOS: How to update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4623
If you are currently running an iOS lower than 5.0, connect the iPad to the computer, open iTunes. Then select the iPad under the Devices heading on the left, click on the Summary tab and then click on Check for Update.
Tip - If connected to your computer, you may need to disable your firewall and antivirus software temporarily. Then download and install the iOS update. Be sure and backup your iPad before the iOS update. After you update an iPad (except iPad 1) to iOS 7.x, the next update can be installed via wifi (i.e., not connected to your computer).
Tip 2 - If you're updating via wifi, place your iPad close to your router to preclude getting a corrupted download.
How to Upgrade to iOS 7
The iOS 7.0 update requires around 2.5 GB of storage space, so if your iPad is almost full, you may need to clear up some space. You can check your available space in Settings -> General -> Usage.
There are two ways to upgrade to iOS 7: You can use your Wi-Fi connection, or you can connect your iPad to your PC and update through iTunes. We'll go over each method.
To upgrade using Wi-Fi:
Note: If your iPad's battery is under 50%, you will want to plug it into your charger while performing the update.
Go into the iPad's Settings.
Locate and tap "General" from the menu on the left.
The second option from the top is "Software Update". Tap this to move into the update settings.
Tap "Download and Install". This will start the upgrade, which will take several minutes and will reboot your iPad during the process. If the Download and Install button is grayed out, trying clearing up some space. The space required by the update is mostly temporary, so you should gain most of it back after iOS 7 is installed.
Once the update is installed, you may have to run through the initial steps of setting up your iPad again. This is to account for new features and settings.
To upgrade using iTunes:
First, connect your iPad to your PC or Mac using the cable provided when you purchased your device. This will allow iTunes to communicate with your iPad.
You will also need the latest version of iTunes. Don't worry, you will be prompted to download the latest version when you launch iTunes. Once it installs, you may be asked to setup iCloud by logging into your iTunes account. If you have a Mac, you may be prompted on whether or not you want to enable the Find my Mac feature.
Now you are ready to begin the process:
If you upgraded iTunes earlier, go ahead and launch it. (For many, it will launch automatically when you plug in your iPad.)
Once iTunes is launched, it should automatically detect that a new version of the operating system exists and prompt you to upgrade to it. Choose Cancel. Before updating, you will want to manually sync your iPad to make sure everything is up to date.
After canceling the dialog box, iTunes should automatically sync with your iPad.
If iTunes doesn't automatically sync, you can manually do it by selecting your iPad within iTunes, clicking on the File menu and choosing Sync iPad from the list.
After your iPad has been synced to iTunes, select your iPad within iTunes. You can find it on the left side menu under Devices.
From the iPad screen, click on the Update button.
After verifying that you want to update your iPad, the process will begin. It takes a few minutes to update the operating system during which time your iPad may reboot a few times.
After updating, you may be asked a few questions when your device finally boots back up. This is to account for new settings and features.
 Cheers, Tom

XQuery Update implementation

Hello,
is it possible to get prerelease of the next version of DBXML or at least the documentation focused on XQuery Update implementation.
Thanks
Mario

Mario,
2.4 will be generally available quite soon. The Getting Started Guides in the documentation have sections on basic XQuery Update usage (replacing the old sections on XmlModify). The candidate recommendation is a detailed (if not user-friendly) source of information:
http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-update-10/
Regards,
George

Xquery update transaction (xqilla)

Hi,
it seems that when performing an xquery update such as 'insert node' that a transaction is allocated for this query, so that (using the Java API) there is no need to explicitly create a transaction - is this true?
If it is, then just using xquery gets rid of a transaction management problem and the try/finally.
thanks,
Norman

An updating query is auto-transacted if a transaction is not provided. However, auto-transacted methods still need to catch deadlock exceptions and retry.
John

XQuery update

Hello,
I seems that the CVS version of XQuilla implements a large part of the XQuery Update working draft, which is great !
Does it mean that it's usable with BDB XML as-is to get database updates ?
Thanks,
Fabrice

Hi Fabrice,
I'm afraid there is significant work to do in DB XML before XQuery Update can be used from it. However, It is our intention to support XQuery Update in some future version.
John

Decreasing performance when executing consecutive XQuery Update operations

hello,
I am writing an application in java using Berkeley DB XML (2.5.16). I have to run a test over the application, in which a lot of XQuery Update operations have to be executed. All update operations are insert statements. In the beginning the test works fine. However, as the number of updates increases (over 1000 XQuery Updates), there is also a great increase in time of execution. How can I enhance the performance of updates?
Note that:
1) The environment configuration is the following:
EnvironmentConfig envConfig = new EnvironmentConfig();
envConfig.setAllowCreate(true);
envConfig.setInitializeCache(true);
envConfig.setCacheSize(512*1024*1024);
envConfig.setInitializeLocking(false);
envConfig.setInitializeLogging(false);
envConfig.setTransactional(false);
2) No transactions are used
3) The container is a node container
4) Auto-indexing is on (I need that)
5) The container includes only one xml of 2,5MB size.
6) In some insert statements 1000 nodes are to be inserted.
7) I am running windows vista on a 4GB Ram pc.
Thank you in advance,
theo

Hi Lucas,
Thanks a lot for your reply! However, I have a few more questions.
Given that the xml is about 2.5MB size, is it considered to be that big for Berkeley DB so it needs to be break down into smaller documents?
Also, after having executed ~4000 xquery update insert operations and doubled xml’s size, the performance it’s really getting worse… An insertion may even take 1.5 min, when for each of the first 3000 insertions only less than 0.5 sec is needed… Is there something I am missing in the configuration of Berkeley DB? If I set autoindexing off and try to maintain fewer indexes, is it possible to see significantly better performance? Till now I am just getting the following error when I set my indexes and try to execute consequent insertions over the same node:
Exception in thread "main" com.sleepycat.dbxml.XmlException: Error: Sequence does not match type item() - the sequence does not contain items [err:XUDY0027], <query>:1:1, errcode = QUERY_EVALUATION_ERROR+
at com.sleepycat.dbxml.dbxml_javaJNI.XmlQueryExpression_execute__SWIG_1(Native Method)
at com.sleepycat.dbxml.XmlQueryExpression.execute(XmlQueryExpression.java:85)
+<myClasses>+
Thanks,
theo

XQuery Update (11.2.0.3) and the path table

Hi,
I'm currently using XQuery update on 11.2.0.3 to merge 2 XML documents, having tried a number of approaches up to now on 11.2.0.2.
My table has one XMLType column (securefile binary containing unstructured xml) which has XML deltas applied to it via a stored procedure.
An unstructured XML index is defined on the column.
Previously, I was doing the following:
1) Merge documents using XMLQuery; only produce a merged document if changes were detected
2) Update the table if the merged document is non-null
i.e.
select XMLQuery(<merging code>) passing oldDoc as "oldDoc", delta as "delta" returning content) into mergedDoc from dual;
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I then read (UpdateXML query rewrite with unstructured data? about the use of XQuery Update in 11.2.0.3 to only target the affected document fragments so my current approach is:
update myTable
set xmldoc =
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        declare function m:matchText($one as element(), $two as element()) as xs:boolean {
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                    if (count($n/*) > 0) then
                        m:merge($o, $n)
                    else
                        if (m:matchText($n, $o)) then () else replace value of node $o with $n,
                for $n in $new/* where (not(some $o in $old/* satisfies name($o) = name($n))) return insert node $n into $old)
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        modify (
            (m:merge($d/*,$delta/*))
        ) return $d'
        passing xmldoc, delta as "delta"
        returning content)
where id = v_id;If no changes were detected between the documents (i.e. the XQuery update did not actually modify the document), would you expect this statement to have no impact on the path table? Is there any way to get more trace information which shows what the update is actually doing when it executes?
Apologies if this is overlong or if I have omitted any supplementary information.
Thanks for any assistance
Larry

Hi,
many thanks for your reply.
A simple testcase is below. The recursive approach is required because the documents may be hierarchial.
create table mytable (id number(19,0), xmldoc xmltype) xmltype column "XMLDOC" store as securefile binary xml;
insert into myTable values (1,xmltype('<xml><el1>1</el1><el2>2</el2><el3>3</el3></xml>'));
update myTable
set xmldoc =
        xmlquery('declare namespace m="http://www.blah.com/merge";
        (: See if two nodes have matching text (or no text which is an empty sequence :)
        declare function m:matchText($one as element(), $two as element()) as xs:boolean {
            if ($one/text() = $two/text() or count($one/text())=0 and count($two/text())=0) then true() else false()
        declare updating function m:merge($old as element()?, $new as element()?) {
            (for $o in $old/* return
                for $n in $new/* where name($o) = name($n) return
                    if (count($n/*) > 0) then
                        m:merge($o, $n)
                    else
                        if (m:matchText($n, $o)) then () else replace value of node $o with $n,
                for $n in $new/* where (not(some $o in $old/* satisfies name($o) = name($n))) return insert node $n into $old)
        copy $d := .
        modify (
            (m:merge($d/*,$delta/*))
        ) return $d'
        passing xmldoc, xmltype('<xml><el1>1-UPDATE</el1><el4>4</el4></xml>') as "delta"
        returning content)
where id = 1;This results in one update and one insert:
<xml><el1>1-UPDATE</el1><el2>2</el2><el3>3</el3><el4>4</el4></xml>It currently produces the following trace:
*** 2012-03-13 10:13:34.708
not delete/insert/replace in modify clause
--------- XQuery NO rewrt expr END-----
--------- XQuery NO rewrt expr BEG-----
UDF with noderef
--------- XQuery NO rewrt expr END-----I've noticed that even with a simple XQuery update like the following:
update myTable set xmldoc =
        xmlquery('copy $d := .
        modify (
            (replace value of node $d/xml/el1 with "1-UPDATE-2",insert node <el4>4</el4> into $d/xml)
        ) return $d'
        passing xmldoc
        returning content) where id = 1;I get the following trace:
*** 2012-03-13 10:31:42.280
--------- XQuery NO rewrt expr BEG-----
non-simple content in target expression
--------- XQuery NO rewrt expr END-----
--------- XQuery NO rewrt expr BEG-----
not delete/insert/replace in modify clause
--------- XQuery NO rewrt expr END-----
Non-iterator usage
Non-iterator usageDoes this also indicate that a rewrite is not occurring, or is this only when a message like "NO REWRITE Reason ==> xseq:not optuop" is traced?
I'll try XSLT in the meantime.
Regards
Larry

Firefox 6 has disabled my AVG update facility - please help

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PutDocument and XQuery update in the same txn

Hey all!
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XQuery Modify cannot be compiled

Hi Gurus. Oracle EE 11.2 running on Linux. SQL Dev 3.2.30.09.
I am fairly decent with XPath and XSLT but am new to XQuery. I've implemented a few simple FLOWRs but I am getting a bit more complex. I have an XQuery where I am trying to replace some data inline. I have pared the actual XML and the code down to a very simple example that still returns the same error.
The error:
ORA-19112: error raised during evaluation: XQuery Update connot be compiled
19112. 00000 - "error raised during evaluation: %s"
*Cause:    The error function was called during evaluation of the XQuery expression.
*Action:   Check the detailed error message for the possible causes.
Error at Line: 7 Column: 14
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       modify (replace value of node $tmp/MSG_CNTNT_XML/Message/msgHdr/Source/Format/text() with "abc")
     return $tmp'
     PASSING msg_cntnt_xml as "xmldata"
     RETURNING CONTENT ) xmlmct
FROM (SELECT xmltype('<Message>
   <msgHdr>
      <Source>
         <Format>CTS</Format>
      </Source>
   </msgHdr>
</Message>') msg_cntnt_xml
       FROM DUAL)
Any general tips for XQuery and modify is cool but what I am really looking for is why am I getting the "Update connot be compiled". (BTW, notice the spelling error, connot - I'm not judging).
Any tips for debugging or being able to display intermediate results would be awesome also.
Thanks.
LewisC

Hi Lewis,
What's your exact database version?
You're trying to use XQuery Update Facility (a small extension to XQuery 1.0) which is only available from 11.2.0.3 and onwards.
On previous versions, you can use updateXML() function :
SQL> SELECT updateXML(
2           msg_cntnt_xml
3         , '/Message/msgHdr/Source/Format/text()'
4         , 'abc'
5         ) xmlmct
6 FROM (SELECT xmltype('<Message>
7     <msgHdr>
8        <Source>
9           <Format>CTS</Format>
10        </Source>
11     </msgHdr>
12 </Message>') msg_cntnt_xml
13         FROM DUAL)
14 ;
XMLMCT
<Message><msgHdr><Source><Format>abc</Format></Source></msgHdr></Message>

Upsert of xmltype from given xpath - missing something obvious?

Version: 10.2.0.*2* EE
I am trying to do an upsert (update/ insert ) of an xmltype for a given xpath.
The xml data is being passed as an xmltype, the xpath is a string (varchar2), the new value is a string, varchar2.
If the node specified by the xpath exists this is trivial using updatexml; of course if the node doesn't exist nothing happens. I can check for the nodes existence using exists node, but I'm coming unstuck trying to figure out how to insert the node.
All the APIS I can find that insert XML (APPENDCHILDXML,INSERTXMLBEFORE, INSERTCHILDXML) do not take an xpath but require an xmltype. Which means if I am reading this right I have no choice but to parse the xpath varchar2 string to try and construct an xmltype (ugh!).
I can't find any API that just takes an xpath as a varchar2 and a value and gives me an xmltype. Ideally I don't even want that, would just like an API that returns the updated XML which has either had the xpath updated (or inserted if it didn't exist) with the new value.
I am not an XML expert but I am pretty handy with SQL and PL/SQL. To me this just seems incredibly cumbersome just to do something as trivial as an upsert, so I am hoping I am missing something obvious!
Can soemone please set me straight with a pointer or example?
To top it all off the XML uses namespaces, but they aren't registered, there is no schema registration going on.

Marco Gralike wrote:
Couldn't it be done via XQuery, although the database version doesn't really help...That would be possible with a dynamic XQuery expression, but "painful" with a static expression as it would require parsing the XPath, and rebuilding the entire input document with the required modifications.
I think XSLT would be more efficient in this case.
Maybe, one day, when the database has XQuery Update Facility, we will be able to do this :
copy $a := $doc/Address
modify (
if ($a/zip)
    then replace value of node $a/zip with "12345"
    else insert node element zip {"12345"} into $a
return $a
user12083137 wrote:To me, from a SQL background, I can't believe this simple case is simply not covered.Maybe not as simple as it seems. :)
The functionality can be simulated via an IF/THEN/ELSE logic, or a DELETE/INSERT sequence.
For example :
case when existsNode(doc, xpath) = 1
then updateXML(
         doc
       , xpath || '/text()'
       , somevalue
else appendchildxml(
         doc
       , substr(xpath, 1, instr(xpath, '/', -1)-1)
       , xmlelement(
           evalname(substr(xpath, instr(xpath, '/', -1)+1))
         , somevalue
endor,
appendChildXML(
deleteXML(doc, xpath)
, substr(xpath, 1, instr(xpath, '/', -1)-1)
, xmlelement(
    evalname(substr(xpath, instr(xpath, '/', -1)+1))
, somevalue
)

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