TransformerConfigurationException (Unknown expression at EOF: *|/.)

Question

Hi There,
I'm using java in the database & the XDK to receive xml, transform it using XSL (stored in a DB table) and insert / update tables as appropriate.
This has been working fine for a couple of years, but recently, following a server upgrade it has stopped working with the following error:
javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException: XSL-1000: (Fatal Error)
Error while parsing XSL file (Unknown expression at EOF: *|/.).
This happens whenever we try & use the XSL to transform the incoming XML. Before the upgrade, this was working fine. The server in question was upgraded from 8.1.7 (32bit) to 9.2.0.3 (64 bit). I've had it working on other 9i servers of different types, but none have had this problem. I've even tried dropping / re-creating / re-loading with no effects.
There's nothing wrong with the XSL that I can see - it's well formed, and read ok by a number of viewers / editors.
Here's the details of this problem server:
oracle enterprise 9.2.0.3
Sun 420R running solaris 8
XDK 9.2.0.1
java 1.3.1
Any help / suggestions are much appreciated,
thanks in advance,
Brian Hobbs

Answer 1

Hi Deepak, sorry - here's one of the XSL files:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="xml"/>
<!-- Stylesheet to prevent update of audit and status columns -->
<!-- Identity transformation copies input to output -->
<xsl:template match="node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Block any attempt to change these fields -->
<xsl:template match="AUDITCREATEDUSERID"/>
<xsl:template match="AUDITCREATEDTIME"/>
<xsl:template match="AUDITMODIFIEDUSERID"/>
<xsl:template match="AUDITMODIFIEDTIME"/>
<xsl:template match="DELETEDSTATUS"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>
basically, all I'm doing is stripping off 5 fields from the XML that aren't needed.