Hi,

I'm getting extra spaces after a node replace.

Code:

let $original := <div><p>I love flowers (<specify/>).</p>
<p>I love flowers: <specify/>.</p></div>

let $specify := <b><i>red, yellow and white ones</i></b>

let $new := copy $copy := $original
modify(for $prompt in $copy//specify
return replace node $prompt with $specify)
return $copy

I would expect $new to give:

I love flowers (red, yellow and white ones).

I love flowers: red, yellow and white ones.

But I get extra spaces inside the parenthesis of the first sentence and before the period of the second sentence:

I love flowers ( red, yellow and white ones ).

I love flowers: red, yellow and white ones .

You can try my .xqm on BaseX 7.7

1. Create a DB 'test' with chop white spaces to 'no'.

2. Run access http://localhost:8984/test-extra-spaces/test-1 from your browser.

3. Look at the .xml in the test DB. It has extra carriage return. It looks like the query assumed that <i> was a block and it felt compelled to add a carriage return and indent.

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France Baril
Architecte documentaire / Documentation architect
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