Are you running this command from a windows command prompt? If so you need to use single quotes around your xpath query and double quotes to demarcate strings. The following line should work:
xindice xpath -c /db/vp -q '/[EMAIL PROTECTED]"VPU-1001"]' -----Original Message----- From: clholm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 7:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Xpath query syntax Hello, Regarding Xpath queries and Xindice. I am finding the expected results* after running the following: xindice xpath -c /db/vp/ -q /products However, when I run either of the following: xindice xpath -c /db/vp -q /[EMAIL PROTECTED]"VPU-1001"] (as per example 5.1 in the Xindice Command Line Tools Reference) xindice xpath -c /db/vp -q "/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'VPU-1001']" , then Xindice draws a blank. *<?xml version="1.0"?> <products xmlns:src="http://xml.apache.org/xindice/Query"; src:col="/db/vp" src:key="prods"> <product product_id="VPU-1001"> <title>Mamadou Ly Mandinka Drum Master</title> <description>Mandinka drumming</description> </product> <product product_id="VPU-1002"> <title>Tabala Wolof</title> <description>Sufi drumming</description> </product> </products> I may be overlooking something entirely obvious, but would appreciate hearing from anyone who has been successful with this kind of query. Thanks, Carl Holm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, Regarding Xpath queries and Xindice. I am finding the expected results* after running the following: xindice xpath -c /db/vp/ -q /products However, when I run either of the following: xindice xpath -c /db/vp -q /[EMAIL PROTECTED]"VPU-1001"] (as per example 5.1 in the Xindice Command Line Tools Reference) xindice xpath -c /db/vp -q "/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'VPU-1001']" , then Xindice draws a blank. *<?xml version="1.0"?> <products xmlns:src="http://xml.apache.org/xindice/Query"; src:col="/db/vp" src:key="prods"> <product product_id="VPU-1001"> <title>Mamadou Ly Mandinka Drum Master</title> <description>Mandinka drumming</description> </product> <product product_id="VPU-1002"> <title>Tabala Wolof</title> <description>Sufi drumming</description> </product> </products> I may be overlooking something entirely obvious, but would appreciate hearing from anyone who has been successful with this kind of query. Thanks, Carl Holm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, Regarding Xpath queries and Xindice. I am finding the expected results* after running the following: xindice xpath -c /db/vp/ -q /products However, when I run either of the following: xindice xpath -c /db/vp -q /[EMAIL PROTECTED]"VPU-1001"] (as per example 5.1 in the Xindice Command Line Tools Reference) xindice xpath -c /db/vp -q "/[EMAIL PROTECTED]'VPU-1001']" , then Xindice draws a blank. *<?xml version="1.0"?> <products xmlns:src="http://xml.apache.org/xindice/Query"; src:col="/db/vp" src:key="prods"> <product product_id="VPU-1001"> <title>Mamadou Ly Mandinka Drum Master</title> <description>Mandinka drumming</description> </product> <product product_id="VPU-1002"> <title>Tabala Wolof</title> <description>Sufi drumming</description> </product> </products> I may be overlooking something entirely obvious, but would appreciate hearing from anyone who has been successful with this kind of query. Thanks, Carl Holm [EMAIL PROTECTED]
