How to Configure an eXist Connection
To configure a connection to an eXist database, follow these steps:
- Open the Preferences dialog box and go to Data Sources.
- Click the
New button in the
Connections panel. - Enter a unique name for the connection.
- Select one of the previously configured data sources from the Data Source drop-down menu.
- Enter the connection details.
- Set the URI to the installed eXist engine in the XML DB URI field.
- Set the user name in the User field.
- Set the password in the Password field.
- Enter the start collection in the Collection field.eXist organizes all documents in hierarchical collections. Collections are like directories. They are used to group related documents together. This text field allows the user to set the default collection name.
- Click the OK button to finish the connection
configuration.To watch our video demonstration about running XQuery against an eXist XML database, go to https://www.oxygenxml.com/demo/eXist_Database.html.