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Re: [XOM-interest] unable to get xquery to work

From: Tatu Saloranta <cowtowncoder AT yahoo.com>
To: xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] unable to get xquery to work
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 21:23:50 -0700 (PDT)

--- William Chu <willchu AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thank you for the help! But when I try the following
>
> String xqueryScript = "/xhtml:html";
>
> on the page:
> String page = "<html>hi</html>";
>
> I get an exception:
>
> java.lang.RuntimeException:
> nux.xom.xquery.XQueryException:
> net.sf.saxon.trans.StaticError: XQuery static error
> in #/xhtml:html#:
> Prefix xhtml has not been declared
> at

Right. Because you have not declared what namespace
prefix 'xhmtl' might refer to. Add namespace binding
to the xpath and it'll work.
(and "how" part is a FAQ for xpath implementation that
you use)

-+ Tatu +

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[XOM-interest] unable to get xquery to work, William Chu, 04/04/2008
- Re: [XOM-interest] unable to get xquery to work, Elliotte Harold, 04/04/2008
  - Re: [XOM-interest] unable to get xquery to work, William Chu, 04/04/2008
    - Re: [XOM-interest] unable to get xquery to work, Tatu Saloranta, 04/05/2008
    - Re: [XOM-interest] unable to get xquery to work, Michael Kay, 04/05/2008