MarkLogic Server 11.0 Product Documentationadmin:database-exists
admin:database-exists( $config as element(configuration), $database-name as xs:string ) as xs:boolean
Summary
This function determines whether or not the specified database
exists. Returns true if the database exists, otherwise
false is returned.
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| config | A configuration specification, typically as returned from one of the Admin module functions. |
| database-name | The name of the database to check. |
Example
xquery version "1.0-ml";
import module namespace admin = "http://marklogic.com/xdmp/admin"
at "/MarkLogic/admin.xqy";
let $config := admin:get-configuration()
return admin:database-exists($config, "Documents")
(: Returns true if the Documents database exists. :)