Re: [xsl] XSLT/XPATH Namespace conflict ?

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a FAQ.

At 2004-04-27 11:29 -0400, Horacio Escalada wrote:
> I applying a transformation to this XML
> ...
>         <ActivityHeader xmlns="http://tempuri2.org";>
> ...
> When I am trying to loop through  ActivityHeader node it does not return
> any values
>
> <xsl:for-each select="//ActivityHeader">

You need "//ns:ActivityHeader" where somewhere above in your stylesheet you 
have declared the appropriate URI string for the ns prefix.

XPath 1.0 never uses the default namespace.

> But if I remove de value of the namespace for the ActivityHeader node,
> works.

Yes, this is consistent with the problems experienced.

I hope this helps.

.................... Ken


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