Hi Thomas,

Thanks for the reproducible example, always appreciated. I have added
an issue for that [1], and I’ll look into it soon.

Best,
Christian

[1] https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/issues/1572

On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 8:32 AM, Freihalter Thomas
<thomas.freihalter@my-box.de> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am using basex 9.0.1
> and have this 3 files:
>
> test.xq:
> declare variable $test external; $test
>
> test.bxs:
> <commands>
>         <set option="BINDINGS">test=foo</set>
>         <run file="test.xq"/>
> </commands>
>
> run.bxs:
> <commands>
>         <run file="test.bxs"/>
> </commands>
>
> Running test.bxs is okay
> basex -v test.bxs
> BINDINGS: test=foo
> foo
> Query "test.xq" executed in 5.4 ms.
>
> basex -v run.bxs
> BINDINGS: test=foo
> Stopped at test.xq, 1/18:
> [XPDY0002] No value assigned to $test.
>
> It look like the bindings in test.bxs get lost, when executing the
> superior run.bxs. Is there any solution solving this problem?
> 8.6.7 does not work as well.
>
> regard
> Thomas
>
> echo "declare variable \$test external; \$test" > test.xq;
> echo "<commands><set option=\"BINDINGS\">test=foo</set><run
> file=\"test.xq\"/></commands>" > test.bxs;
> echo "<commands><run file=\"test.bxs\"/></commands>" > run.bxs;
> basex -v test.bxs;
> basex -v run.bxs