Yes that's because the id table is validating ... Simple case is the XML is schema invalid. It needs to be fixed. Some processors will choke others may not. But its still bad XML.
---------------------------------------- David A. Lee [email protected] http://www.xmlsh.org > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of G. Ken Holman > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 2:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [xquery-talk] Strong data checking on @xml:id? > > At 2012-06-08 18:35 +0000, David Lee wrote: > >I belive the issue is that of validation. > >MarkLogic is a validating XQuery parser so is validating xml:id > >against the standard XML schemas. "-ptr" is not a valid xml:id > > > >Saxon HE (I presume you are using HE), otoh, is not a validating > >XQuery engine. > > Maybe so, but I did discover recently that Saxon HE does not load the > id() table when the token is not a valid xml:id value: > > t:\ftemp>type david.xq > let $in := document { <input xml:id="abc"/> } > return ( 'Result with ''abc'':',count($in/id('abc')) ), > let $in := document { <input xml:id="-ptr"/> } > return ( 'Result with ''-ptr'':',count($in/id('-ptr')) ) > > t:\ftemp>xquery david.xq > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>Result with 'abc': 1 Result > with '-ptr': 0 > > t:\ftemp> > > I hope this is helpful. > > . . . . . . . . Ken > > > -- > Public XSLT, XSL-FO, UBL and code list classes in Europe -- Oct 2012 > Contact us for world-wide XML consulting and instructor-led training > Free 5-hour lecture: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/links/udemy.htm > Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/q/ > G. Ken Holman mailto:[email protected] > Google+ profile: https://plus.google.com/116832879756988317389/about > Legal business disclaimers: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk
