Re: [XSLTalk] XPATH + Namespaces

Conor,

Thanks mate,

That is a real saviour.

I can go home now.

Paul



dagda1@hotmail.com





>From: Conor Ryan <cryan@xmlw.ie>
>Reply-To: XSLTalk@yahoogroups.com
>To: XSLTalk@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [XSLTalk] XPATH + Namespaces
>Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 16:27:43 +0100
>
>Hi Paul,
>
>The following should work.
>
>xmlDoc.setProperty "SelectionLanguage", "XPath"
>xmlDoc.setProperty "SelectionNamespaces",
>"xmlns:ar='http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope'
>xmlns:br='http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/gateway/addressrequest'"
>sRURef =
>xmlDoc.selectSingleNode("ar:GovTalkMessage/ar:Body/br:AddressRequest/br:Key[@Type='ruref']").text
>
>GovTalkMessage and all its descendants, except for AddressRequest and its
>descendants, are in the namespace "http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope".
>So to match these elements you must declare the namespace with a prefix and
>use this prefix in the XPath expression. AddressRequest and its descendants
>are in the namespace "http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/gateway/addressrequest" so
>you must declare that as well with its own prefix and use the prefix
>accordingly in the XPath expression. Hence the use of two prefixes, ar: and
>br:, in the XPath expression.
>
>hope this helps.
>
>rgds,
>
>Conor.
>
>At 15:02 15/07/03 +0000, you wrote:
> >Emanuil et all,
> >
> >Your XPath now works if I take the namespace out of the <AddressRequest>
> >tag, how do I declare this local default namespace with respect to the 
>DOM??
> >
> >To Refresh, the XML is:
> >
> ><GovTalkMessage xmlns="http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope">
> >         <EnvelopeVersion>1.0</EnvelopeVersion>
> >         <Header>
> >                 <MessageDetails>
> >                         <Class>ADM-address-request</Class>
> >                         <Qualifier>request</Qualifier>
> >                         <TransactionID>L9MLHH1FB25F</TransactionID>
> >                         <CorrelationID>296</CorrelationID>
> >
> ><GatewayTimestamp>2003-07-15T14:00:04</GatewayTimestamp>
> >                 </MessageDetails>
> >         </Header>
> >         <Body>
> >                 <AddressRequest
> > xmlns="http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/gateway/addressrequest">
> >                         <ServiceName>QES-ORG</ServiceName>
> >                         <Key Type="ruref">49900011596T</Key>
> >                 </AddressRequest>
> >         </Body>
> ></GovTalkMessage>
> >
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Paul
> >
> >
> >
> >dagda1@hotmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Emmanuil Batsis (Manos)" <mbatsis@netsmart.gr>
> > >Reply-To: XSLTalk@yahoogroups.com
> > >To: XSLTalk@yahoogroups.com
> > >Subject: Re: [XSLTalk] XPATH + Namespaces
> > >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 17:55:05 +0300
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Paul Cowan wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > 
> >sRURef=oDOM.selectSingleNode("ar:GovTalkMessage/Body/AddressRequest/Key[@
> > Type='ruref']").text
> > >
> > >that should be
> > >
> > 
> >sRURef=oDOM.selectSingleNode("ar:GovTalkMessage/ar:Body/ar:AddressRequest
> > /ar:Key[@Type='ruref']").text
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >--
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