You'll be safe: Updates with db:put-value will be managed via the Pending Update List [1], and future queries that operate on the same database will be queued until the update is finished.
[1] https://docs.basex.org/wiki/XQuery_Update#Pending_Update_List Tim Thompson <[email protected]> schrieb am Di., 15. Nov. 2022, 18:50: > That's perfect--I knew I was missing something :) > > Are db:get-value and db:put-value side-effecting as well? > > Thanks, > Tim > > > -- > Tim A. Thompson (he, him) > Librarian for Applied Metadata Research > www.linkedin.com/in/timathompson > [email protected] > > > El mar, 15 nov 2022 a la(s) 12:28, Christian Grün ( > [email protected]) escribió: > >> Hi Tim, >> >> > Using the store module, is it possible to read and merge multiple >> custom stores into main memory >> >> We could add an argument (or options) to file:read to allow entries to >> be added to an existing main-memory store. >> >> > set a particular store as context for a query? >> >> The recommended approach is to invoke store:read before any other >> operation in the query. Please note, however, that the store will be >> globally available. If a second query runs on the same server and >> opens another store, it will change the behavior of the first query. >> For such use cases, it’s better to use databases. >> >> > Or, do I need to serialize the stores, e.g., as JSON and then create >> databases for them? >> >> You could have a look at the new db:get-value and db:put-value >> functions [1]: These functions have particularly been designed to >> organize XQuery items in databases, making casts to JSON or XML >> obsolete. >> >> Hope this helps, >> Christian >> >> [1] https://docs.basex.org/wiki/Database_Module#db:get-value >> >

