namespace problem with XSLT

[Trygve]

I'm trying to convert a XML-document using XSLT. Depending on the source file (the XML-document) the conversion is either correct or incorrect. If the first tag in the document contains an non empty xmlns attribute:

<Meldekorttype xmlns="http://myhost.com/mk_print_meldekort.xsd"> <tag1>Value1</tag1> <tag2>Value2</tag2> </Meldekorttype>

the conversion is incorrect, i.e. only the values of each tag (Value1, Value2) are printed to the output. If I remove the xmlns attribute of the first tag:

<Meldekorttype xmlns="">
<tag1>Value1</tag1>
<tag2>Value2</tag2>
</Meldekorttype>

the conversion is correct.

In my application I'm not allowed to remove the xmlns attribute, so I'm stuck. Does anyone know what causes the problem, or how I can solve it?

Thanks in advance.

Trygve

 

[Philippe Poulard]

I'm trying to convert a XML-document using XSLT. Depending on the source file (the XML-document) the conversion is either correct or incorrect. If the first tag in the document contains an non empty xmlns attribute:

<Meldekorttype xmlns="http://myhost.com/mk_print_meldekort.xsd"> <tag1>Value1</tag1> <tag2>Value2</tag2> </Meldekorttype>

the conversion is incorrect, i.e. only the values of each tag (Value1, Value2) are printed to the output. If I remove the xmlns attribute of the first tag:

<Meldekorttype xmlns="">
<tag1>Value1</tag1>
<tag2>Value2</tag2>
</Meldekorttype>

the conversion is correct.

In my application I'm not allowed to remove the xmlns attribute, so I'm stuck. Does anyone know what causes the problem, or how I can solve it?

Thanks in advance.

Trygve

hi,

did you declare the namespace with a prefix in your xslt file ?
try it !

 

[Trygve]

Hi,

Thanks for the answer. I *think* I've declared it in my xslt file, but I'm not sure since I'm a newbie to xslt.

This is the start of my xml-file:

<Meldekorttype xmlns="http://myhost.com/mk_print_meldekort.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://myhost.com/arena/mk_print_meldekort.xsd http://myhost.com/public/xsd/mk_print_meldekort.xsd"> <Meldekorttypekode>01</Meldekorttypekode> <AB-post>A</AB-post>

 

[Philippe Poulard]

Hi,

Thanks for the answer. I *think* I've declared it in my xslt file, but I'm not sure since I'm a newbie to xslt.

This is the start of my xml-file:

<Meldekorttype xmlns="http://myhost.com/mk_print_meldekort.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://myhost.com/arena/mk_print_meldekort.xsd http://myhost.com/public/xsd/mk_print_meldekort.xsd"> <Meldekorttypekode>01</Meldekorttypekode> <AB-post>A</AB-post> . .
</Meldekorttype>

And this is the start of my xslt-file:

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:foo="http://myhost.com/mk_print_meldekort.xsd"

^^^^
you MUST define a prefix here

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://myhost.com/arena/mk_print_meldekort.xsd http://myhost.com/public/xsd/mk_print_meldekort.xsd" version="1.0"> <xslutput method="text"/> .

.
</xsl:stylesheet>

Is this correct or have I forgotten something?

Thanks in advance!

Best regards
Trygve

 

[Trygve]

Dear Phillippe!

You pointed at the error in your first reply. I forgot to declare the namespace with a prefix in my xslt file. Following your advice made it work. Thanks a lot!!!

I can continue my work after two days of banging my head against the wall.
Thanks again

Best regards,
Trygve