[xsl] Problem with Collections -- Getting a Failed to load colleaction catalogue error

[Jeff Sese <jsese@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I have this instruction in my xsl:

<xsl:param name="path" as="xs:string" required="yes"/>
<xsl:variable name="docs" as="node()*" select="collection(concat($path, 
'?select=*.xml'))"/>

and trying to run it in the command line using:

java net.sf.saxon.Transform -it main xslt\Merge_Sort.xsl mode=body 
path=d:/rnd/Berichtigungsliste/sample/input/body > xslt\BL5-7_body_test.xml

but i get an error of:

Error on line 1 column 1 of 
file:///d:/rnd/Berichtigungsliste/sample/input/body:
 SXXP0003: Error reported by XML parser: Content is not allowed in prolog.
Error  FODC0005: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed 
in prolog.
Error on line 6 of file:/D:/RND/Berichtigungsliste/xslt/Merge_Sort.xsl:
 FODC0004: Failed to load collection catalogue 
d:/rnd/Berichtigungsliste/sample/input/body
Transformation failed: Run-time errors were reported

But when i use a relative path as the value for $path like:

java net.sf.saxon.Transform -it main xslt\Merge_Sort.xsl mode=body 
path=../sample/input/body > xslt\BL5-7_body_test.xml

it works... what am i doing wrong here?

Thanks,
Jeff