Hi Amanda, You are completely right, the returned base URI is wrong. Once again it turns out that URI handling in XQuery is an unrewarding topic.. I have added an issue in our bug tracker [1].
Until then, just add a trailing slash after WEB-INF, and your code will work again. Best, Christian [1] https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/issues/1416 On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 8:01 PM, Amanda Galtman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I’m seeing different results from base-uri() in BaseX 8.4 vs. 8.5.2. I > believe the 8.4 answer is correct and the 8.5.2 answer is incorrect. > > Here is an example, and there is nothing special about the particular folder > or XML file I used. > > base-uri(collection("file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/BaseX8.4/webapp/WEB-INF")/*[*:display-name]) > > BaseX 8.4 result: > > file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/BaseX8.4/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml > > > > BaseX 8.5.2 and 8.6 result (notice “WEB-INF/” is missing): > > file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/BaseX8.4/webapp/web.xml > > > > Saxon agrees with BaseX 8.4. > > > > Thanks, > > Amanda
