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eXist-db 4.3.0

by wolf at 2018/07/06 at 21:07:28 z
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v4.3.0 - July 06, 2018

eXist-db v4.3.0 has just been released. This is a feature release, which contains several new features and bug fixes.

We recommend that all users of eXist 4.x.x should upgrade to eXist 4.3.0.

Features

  • Upgraded to Apache Xerces 2.12.0. eXist-db now includes XML Schema 1.1 support.
  • Improved the Remote XML:DB API "networking error" messages to be more descriptive.
  • Test errors are now summarised in XQSuite XML output.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed an issue where in-memory documents used in XQuery Update insert expressions caused an NPE (NullPointerException).
  • Fixed an issue where XQuery Error Codes were not correctly reported under some circumstances.
  • Fixed an issue with restoring binary files of zero bytes via the XML-RPC and XML:DB Remote API.
  • Fixed a signing issue with running eXist-db from the installer under Java 10.
  • Fixed an issue when constructing in-memory documents with namespaces via SAX parsers.
  • Fixed an issue with namespaces when parsing external documents to in-memory documents.
  • Fixed an issue with namespaces when merging in-memory documents.
  • Fixed a NPE when calling map:get for a non-existent key/value map pair.
  • Fixed a NPE in fn:data.
  • Fixes a NPE when converting empty sequences.

Backwards Compatibility

  • eXist-db v4.3.0 is backwards binary-compatible as far as eXist-db v3.0, but not with earlier versions. Users who are upgrading should always consult the [Upgrading Guide](http://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/upgrading.xml) in the documentation.
  • NOTE: The version of Dashboard that was installed with eXist-db
  • 6.1 (or earlier) is incompatible with eXist-db 4.0.0 and newer. If you plan to migrate your entire database to eXist-db 4.3.0, you
  • MUST take one of the following steps to allow Dashboard to work after the upgrade:
    1. If you have not yet installed eXist-db 4.3.0, open Dashboard > Package Manager, and upgrade Dashboard to 0.4.10, or run this script in eXide or the Java Admin Client: repo:install-and-deploy("http://exist-db.org/apps/dashboard", "http://demo.exist-db.org/exist/apps/public-repo/modules/find.xql"). Then you may safely install eXist-db 4.3.0 and use Dashboard.
    2. If you install eXist-db 4.3.0 before upgrading Dashboard, run this script in eXide or the Java Admin Client: repo:install-and-deploy("http://exist-db.org/apps/dashboard", "http://demo.exist-db.org/exist/apps/public-repo/modules/find.xql"). Then you may use Dashboard.

Downloading This Version

  • eXist-db v4.3.0 is available for download from GitHub.
  • Docker images are available from EvolvedBinary's DockerHub.
  • Maven artifacts are available from our mvn-repo.
  • Mac users of the Homebrew package repository may acquire eXist 4.3.0 directly from there.