Extra xmlns="" in web service call XML

AmorphousBlob · September 26th, 2012, 04:24 PM

Hi all,

In a web service call Iâm making from a VS2010 console app, an extra xmlns=ââ is showing up in a few nodes. For other nodes, it doesnât appear.
The app is calling our customerâs web service to pass it data, so that they can update their database with it. Weâre using their WSDL, which hasnât changed.
In 3 of the 8 or 10 types of data being sent, an extra xmlns=ââ is somehow showing up.
We donât want it to be valued to anything, as Iâve seen various answers for on the web; we want it to not be there at all.

Hereâs the request:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<soap:Body>
<SYNC_V1_REQUEST xmlns="https://OurCustsWebserviceURL.com/types">
<ORDER xmlns="">
<ROW_ID>1234</ROW_ID>
â¦ then the rest of the nodes for the ORDER , then the closing node for the order.

For other types of data, e.g., a CUSTOMER row, thereâs no such extra xmlns=ââ.

Does anyone have any ideas how I get rid of it?

Thanks in advance...

mmorgan30 · May 1st, 2014, 04:08 PM

you can either implement a message inspector to modify the outgoing message to remove it, or you can specify a namespace attribute in contract to fully qualify it.