The title says it all. I’ve tried deploying xlsforms that use normalize-space() in both kobo.humanitarianresponse.info & kobo.unhcr.org but neither one would let me.
Here’s a minimalist example of an xlsform that triggers the error:
type name label calculation
calculate test normalize-space('foo bar')
And here’s the text of the error message that comes up:
your form cannot be deployed because it contains errors:
ODK Validate Errors: >> Something broke the parser. See above for a hint. Error evaluating field ‘test’: The problem was located in calculate expression for ${test} XPath evaluation: cannot handle function ‘normalize-space’ Caused by: org.javarosa.xpath.XPathUnhandledException: The problem was located in calculate expression for ${test} XPath evaluation: cannot handle function ‘normalize-space’ … 10 more Result: Invalid
Any support with the issue would be greatly appreciated.
We use normalize-space as constraint in KoBoCollect without problems
string-length(normalize-space(.)) = 0
This can still be deployed today.
Also a constraint (or a relevant) like normalize-space(‘foo bar’) = ‘foo bar’ can be deployed for the given example
The deployment error is the same, if you use “::.” or a reference ${text}.
Should be reported as BUG to developers and fixed urgently, as this may touch some normalize-space usage,
Thank you for flagging this through the community! FYI, kindly please be informed that i have created a GitHub issue for the same which can be followed here:
