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David Graf (davidagraf) wrote : Re: [Bug 923672] Re: Impossible to set context-item for rbkt test (externall)

An. Sorry then. I didn't double check. But as you said, the feature is
really missing. Should we keep this bug entry then?

Ps: Are context items set from the external not checked at all by the w3c
tests? Crazy!

On Tuesday, January 31, 2012, Chris Hillery <email address hidden>
wrote:
> For the W3C tests, this is not a problem. In fact, the tests are not
> rewritten at all. The text of validateexpr-17.xq is exactly the same in
> the .zip we download from w3.org and when we execute the test. Passing
> the "context item" by setting the variable $input-context1 is a
> supported and documented way of running the XQTS; see
>
> http://dev.w3.org/2006/xquery-test-
>
suite/PublicPagesStagingArea/Guidelines%20for%20Running%20the%20XML%20Query%20Test%20Suite.html
>
> So there is no need to make any changes to testdriver to support XQTS.
>
> If we want the ability to directly test the context item for our own
> testing, that's another story. But I would actually suggest that we add
> such an ability to the XQuery-based test driver that is being developed,
> rather than hacking yet another flag into the current testdriver.
>
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> Title:
> Impossible to set context-item for rbkt test (externall)
>
> Status in Zorba - The XQuery Processor:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Currently, there is no way to set the context item before executing an
> rbkt test. Therefore, many tests of the w3c testsuite are rewritten
> and the context item passed via the variable input-context1, e.g.
> SchemaValidation/ValidateExpression/validateexpr-17.
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