Re: [WiX-users] XPath or XSLPattern for XmlConfig?

[Brian R. <rog...@gm...>]

Hey Zach,

Just curious, could you use the below XPath instead?

/hibernate-configuration/session-factory/property[\[]@name='connection.connection_string'[\]]

Thanks,

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Brian Rogers
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On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:14 AM, Zachary Young <zac...@en...>wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> Can someone please verify that XmlConfig uses XPath (and not XSLPattern)
> for its query language?
>
>
>
> When I run this:
>
>
>
> <util:XmlConfig
>
>   Id="Hibernate.Config"
>
>   Action="create"
>
>   ElementPath="//*[\[]local-name()='property' and
> namespace-uri()='urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2'[\]][\[]@name='connect
> ion.connection_string'[\]]"
>
>   File="[INSTALLDIR]Configuration\Hibernate.Config.xml"
>
>   On="install"
>
>   Node="value"
>
>   Value="Server=[SERVER];Database=[DBNAME];User
> Id=[USERID];Password=[PASSWORD]"
>
>   />
>
>
>
> against this:
>
>
>
> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
>
> <hibernate-configuration xmlns="urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2">
>
>  <session-factory>
>
>    <property name="connection.connection_string"></property>
>
>  </session-factory>
>
> </hibernate-configuration>
>
>
>
> I get the following error in my installation log:
>
>
>
> ExecXmlConfig:  Error 0x80004005: failed to find node: //* in XML file:
> D:\Inetpub\services\console\Configuration\Hibernate.Config.xml
>
> MSI (s) (8C!98) [01:55:10:115]: Product: ConsoleWS.Setup -- Error 25542.
> Failed to find node: //*[local-name()='property' and
> namespace-uri()='urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2'][@name='connection.co
> nnection_string'] in XML file:
> D:\Inetpub\services\console\Configuration\Hibernate.Config.xml, system
> error: -2147467259
>
>
>
> Error 25542. Failed to find node: //*[local-name()='property' and
> namespace-uri()='urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2'][@name='connection.co
> nnection_string'] in XML file:
> D:\Inetpub\services\console\Configuration\Hibernate.Config.xml, system
> error: -2147467259
>
>
>
> The above error seems very reminiscent of another problem I was having a
> couple of days ago where I was trying this same XPath with the XmlFile
> Element. I kept getting the 'failed to find node: //*...' error until I
> realized that XmlFile Element was defaulting to XSLPattern. Changing the
> ' SelectionLanguage' attribute to 'XPath' fixed the problem immediately.
>
>
>
> If I take the XPath from the error message above, I can turn right back
> around, load the Hibernate.config file in Chris Lovett's XML Notepad
> 2007 and <oXygen/> (using Saxon6.5.4 for XPath 1.0 and Saxon8B for XPath
> 2.0) and find the connection 'property' element. I am fairly certain
> that it is valid XPath:
>
>
>
> //*[local-name()='property' and
> namespace-uri()='urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2'][@name='connection.co
> nnection_string']
>
>
>
> Is my XmlConfig configured incorrectly? I'm using WiX 3.0.4415.0.
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Zach
>