Thanks for this. I particularly like db:dir, which I think will help with creating performant collection-based views of databases.
I am not clear what is meant by: > - no need to import basex-api modules anymore! Does this just mean all modules listed at http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Module_Library are statically bound? /Andy On Wed, 17 Apr 2019 at 08:40, Marco Lettere <m.lett...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks! Great work as usual! > M. > > On 16/04/19 16:10, Christian Grün wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > We are more than pleased to announce version 9.2 of BaseX, our XML > > framework, database system and XQuery 3.1 processor: > > > > http://basex.org/ > > > > This time, we have put a special focus on performance improvements: > > > > XQUERY PERFORMANCE > > - comparisons will more often be rewritten to hash joins > > - optimized access to subsequences and single sequence items > > - consistent propagation of static types to evaluation results > > - improved static typing of function items (maps, arrays) > > - more aggressive pre-evaluation at compile time > > > > STORAGE PERFORMANCE > > - large databases will be opened faster > > - regular storage offset will be computed at runtime > > > > GENERAL XQUERY FEATURES > > - no need to import basex-api modules anymore! > > - Archive Module: archive:create-from, new options > > - Database Module: directory-based access via db:dir > > - Profiling Module: new functions (prof:gc, prof:runtime) > > - Validation Module: assign XSD validation features > > - WebSocket Module: query scheduling via ws:eval > > - Utility Module: various new helper functions > > - XSLT Module: support for XML Catalogs (thank you Liam) > > > > NEW OPTIONS > > - RESTXQERRORS: Suppress parsing errors at runtime > > - FULLPLAN: comprehensive query plan information > > > > FULLTEXT FEATURES > > - stemmer for Arabic texts added > > > > USER INTERFACES > > - GUI: better support for latest JDK versions (incl. OpenJDK) > > - DBA: revised search features in log panel > > > > For a more comprehensive list of added and updated features. please > > check out our documentation: http://docs.basex.org/. > > > > We are looking forward to your feedback. > > > > Have fun with the new release, > > Your BaseX Team > > >