Your query works for me (if I define a value for $dash-cms-name, and
if I close the head and html elements). Hm.
• Are you sure you aren’t working with an older version of BaseX?
• What does string(db:system()//version) return?
On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 12:27 AM, France Baril
<france.baril@architextus.com> wrote:
> Maybe my issue is that I am trying to add the comment between elements?
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>{$dash-cms-name}</title>{(:blah:)}
> <meta http-equiv="expires" content="Mon, 22 Jul 2020 11:12:01
> GMT"/>
>
>
> returns
>
> [XPST0003] Expecting valid expression after curly brace.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 1:17 PM, Christian Grün <christian.gruen@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> The following query is a valid XQuery 3.1 expression:
>>
>> <x>{ (: bla :) }</x>
>>
>> Do you use an older version of XQuery or BaseX? Are you looking for
>> something else_
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 6:48 PM, France Baril
>> <france.baril@architextus.com> wrote:
>> > Cleaner fake code... A less ugly hack ;-)...
>> >
>> > On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 6:54 PM, Murray, Gregory
>> > <gregory.murray@ptsem.edu>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Have you tried just an empty sequence?
>> >>
>> >> {() (: comment... :)}
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Feb 1, 2017, at 5:01 PM, France Baril <france.baril@architextus.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I was wondering if it would be possible to either:
>> >>
>> >> * Allow for an omit-comment option in HTML5 serializer
>> >> * Allow for {(: Nothing but a comment :)} in xquery code.
>> >>
>> >> I often have long pieces of HTML to output and clients don't want me to
>> >> output them with the result. However, I can't use {(::)}. I have been
>> >> using
>> >> useless code around my comments just to get around this issue:
>> >>
>> >> {
>> >>
>> >> let $t := '' return $t
>> >>
>> >> (: The comment I can't leave without the bogus code:)
>> >>
>> >> }
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> France Baril
>> >> Architecte documentaire / Documentation architect
>> >> france.baril@architextus.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > France Baril
>> > Architecte documentaire / Documentation architect
>> > france.baril@architextus.com
>
>
>
>
> --
> France Baril
> Architecte documentaire / Documentation architect
> france.baril@architextus.com