Thanks, Christian! Your workaround is a lot better than the one I devised yesterday.
Regards, Amanda > -----Original Message----- > From: Christian Grün [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 6:00 AM > To: Amanda Galtman <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [basex-talk] base-uri() changed answer around v8.5 > > 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
