Hello,

I feel very stupid and frustrated, not able to fix this error:

Below, is a my query code, which I am trying to run. I am passing the value for "contains" clause thru command line and I expect to receive # of xml files matching $cmd xpath. I always get

Stopped at /veracode/msheth/BaseXWeb/get_prevalence.xq, 16/12:

[XPST0003] Expecting ':=', found ':'.

When ran thru REST:

[XPST0003] Expecting valid step, found 'd'.

I think, its the way $cmd is being set. I have tried, simple string concat using ||, using concat command, using html entities etc.

declare variable $n as xs:string external;

declare option output:item-separator "
";

(: let $cmd := concat("/A/*/descendant::C/descandant::*[contains(@name,",$singlequote,$n,$singlequote,")]") :)

let $cmd := "/A/*/descendant::C/descandant::*[contains(@name,'"|| $n ||"')]"

let $aPath :=

for $db in db:list()

let $query :=

"declare variable $db external; " ||

"db:open($db)" || $cmd

return xquery:eval($query,

map { 'db': $db, 'query': $cmd })

let $clients :=

for $elem in $aPath

return db:path($elem)

return $n , distinct-values(count($clients))

Lines of code, which are the culprit, are marked in bold above. Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated.

- Mansi