[Exist-open] Range Indexing not working ?

[Guillermo B. <gb...@5d...>]

I am trying to range index a collection in an eXist Database, snapshot =
20050805, using the following xconf file:

<?xml version=3D"1.0" encoding=3D"UTF-8"?>
<collection xmlns=3D"http://exist-db.org/collection-config/1.0">
    <index>
        <fulltext default=3D"none" attributes=3D"false" =
alphanum=3D"false"/>
        <create path=3D"//MyElement/@id" type=3D"xs:string"/>
        <create path=3D"//MyElement/@firstName" type=3D"xs:string"/>
        <create path=3D"//MyElement/@lastName" type=3D"xs:string"/>
    </index>
</collection>

When I try reindexing the log shows that the xconf file was actually =
parsed and that the reindexing was under way:

2005-09-27 16:44:26,343 [http-80-Processor3] DEBUG (RpcConnection.java =
[parse]:1162) - parsing =
/db/system/config/db/data/myCollection/myCollection.xconf took 15ms.
2005-09-27 16:44:37,562 [http-80-Processor13] DEBUG (NativeBroker.java =
[reindex]:1854) - Reindexing collection /db/data/myCollection

Unfortunately, the log does not show any signs that the collection was =
actually reindexed. Furthermore, if I run an xQuery referencing one of =
the "indexed" attributes I do not get any [quickNodeSetCompare] entries =
in the log, and the performance time of the xQueries does not improve a =
bit.
At first I thought the index-path of my xconf file was incorrect, but, =
when I changed the "type" attribute from "xs:string" to "xs:double", I =
got the following warning message:

2005-09-27 16:24:32,281 [http-80-Processor3] WARN  =
(NativeValueIndex.java [convertToAtomic]:723) - The specified type: =
'xs:double' and value 'JACKELYN' cannot be used as index key. It is null =
or does not implement interface Indexable.
2005-09-27 16:24:32,281 [http-80-Processor3] WARN  =
(NativeValueIndex.java [convertToAtomic]:718) - Node value: =
'JGODFREY555' cannot be converted to type xs:double

This clearly indicated the indexing was trying to take place on the =
right attribute and that the indexing went through all the resources of =
the collection.

I find this error extremely strange because I performed the same =
indexing on the same collection placed on the previous snapshot of eXist =
and everything went well. =20

Any help would be grately appreciatted.

Guillermo Barreiro