Re: [Exist-open] MVC: how to retrieve files from another location in the filesystem?

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

Hi Martin,

> In this bit:
>
> return util:binary-doc(xs:anyURI('file:/F:/scans/{$file}'))
>
> shouldn't that be file:///F:/...
>
> I thought the file: protocol was usually followed by three slashes.
>
>

Indeed... Strangely, it just works with a single slash (or 3 slashes -- 
all but 2 slashes). Actually, even a query like:

     doc(xs:anyURI('file:/F:\xmltest/someXmlFile.xml'))

...works (on my Windows 7 PC), even with Saxon. Maybe a Java-specific 
interpretation of the file URI scheme (I'm no expert at all in these 
matters)?

Ron