I often use XPath queries searching for CDATA and it works
when using the form
//foo[bar='Ernie']
Maybe the ampersand is the cause for retrieving nothing.
Am 16.04.2002 2:18 Uhr schrieb "Mark J. Stang" unter
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> The contains() is a linear search and doesn't use indexes. There was talk
> of adding in a search for all the text. I haven't tried the CDATA searches
> yet...
>
> hth,
>
> Mark
>
> "Vorbau, Alex" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm testing out Xindice to see if it meets the needs of our project. I
>> loaded it with 3,000 XML files and tried some XPATH queries. I've noticed a
>> couple problems, so I'm hoping that I'm just not using it correctly.
>>
>> * a substring search ( i.e. contains() ) results in a linear search which
>> takes about 40-60 sec, regardless of any indexers that are set. I saw a
>> reference to this problem in an earlier message, but I wondering if this
>> will be addressed soon.
>>
>> * more importantly, an XPATH query of the exact contents of an element that
>> is wrapped in CDATA returns nothing.
>>
>> For example if there's an element like this:
>> <foo>
>> <bar><![CDATA[Bert & Ernie]]></bar>
>> </foo>
>>
>> The XPATH query
>> //foo[bar = 'Bert & Ernie']"
>> returns nothing. So does this:
>> //foo[bar = '<![CDATA[Bert & Ernie]]>']"
>>
>> Could this be true? I hope I'm missing something because non-support for
>> CDATA is definitely a showstopper for us.
>>
>> TIA for you help,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> -----
>> Alex Vorbau
>> HP Labs, Nomadic Computing Dept.
>> 650-857-3050
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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