..this is an easy one (yet, no reason to be sorry…): you can use the collection() and basex-uri() functions to find a file within a collection. The following example might give you some hints:

http://basex.org/code/CollectionQueryExample

Hope this helps, Christian

On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Sandra Maria Silcot ssilcot@unimelb.edu.au wrote:

Hi all,

I have a large database of about a dozen separate xml files. When I use the GUI interface, I can see them all in the graphical display, and as I pass the cursor over elements, it displays

doc("om.xml")/...

But when I try that in a query (the database is open), I'm told:

FODC0002 File or directory C:/servers/basex/om.xml not found

The basex installation is at C:/servers/basex and the currently opened database ("fasdb"), which was loaded from file 'om.xml' and others on a different machine, and downloaded, lives here:

C:/servers/basex/BaseXData/fasdb

How can I refer just to one document from that db in a query e.g.

let $persons := doc("om.xml")//person

Forgive me if this is a basic error on my part, I am still learning. I have tried variations on the basex:db construct, but all give a file not found error. If I move the document to where it is looking, basex builds a new db, not what I want at all!

I'm sure there is a simple solution but I cannot see it. Any clues much appreciated.

Cheers all,

Sandra

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