Re: [Virtuoso-users] How to deal with partially executed SPARQL updates?

2016-10-30 Thread Kingsley Idehen
On 10/30/16 10:50 AM, Jindřich Mynarz wrote: > > the behaviour you describe is what I'd like to be able to rely on. (In > fact, it's the opposite of the Anytime query.) Updates should either > be executed completely or fail transparently, so that the incomplete > execution may be handled. > > I wil

Re: [Virtuoso-users] How to deal with partially executed SPARQL updates?

2016-10-30 Thread Jindřich Mynarz
Hi, the behaviour you describe is what I'd like to be able to rely on. (In fact, it's the opposite of the Anytime query.) Updates should either be executed completely or fail transparently, so that the incomplete execution may be handled. I will have to test this properly to ensure that partial u

Re: [Virtuoso-users] How to deal with partially executed SPARQL updates?

2016-10-30 Thread Hugh Williams
Hi Jindřich, As Lorenz indicates an update should either be successful or fail especially if it is to be part of a transaction (or even distributed transaction) where commit or rollback is required if any part fails. Do you have a specific use case for a partial SPARQL update ? Best Regards Hu

Re: [Virtuoso-users] How to deal with partially executed SPARQL updates?

2016-10-30 Thread Lorenz B.
Hello Jindřich, to my understanding, the assumption is that any SPARQL update will be executed completely, otherwise it fails with some error messages or the like. Cheers, Lorenz > Hi Hugh, > > thanks, that supports my assumption. Are you aware of any other > mechanism to tell if a SPARQL upda

Re: [Virtuoso-users] How to deal with partially executed SPARQL updates?

2016-10-30 Thread Jindřich Mynarz
Hi Hugh, thanks, that supports my assumption. Are you aware of any other mechanism to tell if a SPARQL update was executed completely? For some types of updates, it is possible to rephrase the WHERE clause of the update to ASK query expected to return false. However, many updates do not work that