[Exist-open] [eXist-1.4.x]: ft:query() can't query documents

[Ron V. d. B. <ron...@ka...>]

Hi,

A while back I reported about a bug in eXist-1.4.x causing the 
ft:query() function to fail to find any hits in all but the first 
indexed collection (see <http://markmail.org/message/m5txpdjqfnkb5jfw>). 
I've only just discovered that the problem extends to the first indexed 
*document*: ft:query() is only able to access the first indexed 
document, or the collection containing the first indexed document.

For example: when a document test.xml:

     <el>term</el>

...is indexed first in coll1, next in coll2, and then in coll3, only 
these queries will return hits:

     -collection('/db/coll')//el[ft:query(., 'term')]
     -collection('/db/coll/coll1')//el[ft:query(., 'term')]
     -doc('/db/coll/coll1/test.xml')//el[ft:query(., 'term')]

Similar queries aimed specifically at coll2 and coll3 return nothing 
(while they should):

     -collection('/db/coll/coll2')//el[ft:query(., 'term')]
     -doc('/db/coll/coll2/test.xml')//el[ft:query(., 'term')]
     -collection('/db/coll/coll3')//el[ft:query(., 'term')]
     -doc('/db/coll/coll3/test.xml')//el[ft:query(., 'term')]

Additionally, even when coll1 contains a second document test2.xml (with 
equal contents but indexed after test.xml), following query fails to 
find any hits (while it should):

     -doc('/db/coll/coll1/test2.xml')//el[ft:query(., 'term')]

This makes it pretty hard to use ft:query() in eXist-1.4.x... Am I the 
first to bump into this, or are there any known workarounds?

Kind regards,

Ron Van den Branden

PS: I formalised these findings in XQuery Unit Test files which I added 
to my first bug report at 
<https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3137794&group_id=17691&atid=117691>, 
as ftQueryIndexingOrder_XQueryUnit.zip.

-- 
Ron Van den Branden
Wetenschappelijk attaché / Senior Researcher

Centrum voor Teksteditie en Bronnenstudie - CTB (KANTL)
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