Index: dbaccess/source/filter/xml/xmlFileBasedDatabase.cxx
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--- dbaccess/source/filter/xml/xmlFileBasedDatabase.cxx	(.../tags/OOO320_m8)	(revision 277862)
+++ dbaccess/source/filter/xml/xmlFileBasedDatabase.cxx	(.../cws/dba32k)	(revision 277862)
@@ -102,7 +102,11 @@
                     rtl::OUString sFileName = aPathOptions.SubstituteVariable(sValue);
                     if ( sValue == sFileName )
                     {
-                        sLocation = ::svt::OFileNotation(rImport.GetAbsoluteReference(sValue)).get( ::svt::OFileNotation::N_SYSTEM );
+                        const sal_Int32 nFileNameLength = sFileName.getLength();
+                        if ( ( nFileNameLength > 0 ) && ( sFileName.getStr()[ nFileNameLength - 1 ] == '/' ) )
+                            sFileName = sFileName.copy( 0, nFileNameLength - 1 );
+
+                        sLocation = ::svt::OFileNotation( rImport.GetAbsoluteReference( sFileName ) ).get( ::svt::OFileNotation::N_SYSTEM );
                     }
 
                     if ( sLocation.getLength() == 0 )