namespace within namespace

Bill Crawley · December 11th, 2003, 09:52 AM

HI All,

if my XML comprises:
<TalkMessage xmlns="http://www.xyz.co.uk/CM/envelope">
<Header>
........
</Header>
<Body>
<Notification xmlns="http://www.talk.co.uk/gateway/notification">
..............
</TalkMessage>

If I set :

objXMLDOM.setProperty "SelectionLanguage", "XPath"
objXMLDOM.setProperty "SelectionNamespaces", "xmlns:Talk='http://www.gtalk.co.uk/CM/envelope' xmlns:Talka='http://www.talk.co.uk/gateway/enrolmentnotification'"

where objXMLDOM is a DOMDOCUMENT

how do I make a reference to an element within the second namespace? and have I even declared the second correctly in the SetProperty above?

thanks

joefawcett · December 11th, 2003, 10:59 AM

You've done it right by assigning a made up prefix to match the default prefix in the source xml except that your namespace URIs don't exactly match the ones in setProperty, probably a typo. To select an element do:

Code:

Dim oNode
Set oNode = objXMLDOM.selectSingleNode("/Talk:TalkMessage/Talk:Body/Talka:Notification")
If Not oNode Is Nothing Then
 'Process
Else
 'Don't process
End If

Joe (MVP - xml)
assuming xml like:

Code:

<TalkMessage xmlns="http://www.xyz.co.uk/CM/envelope">
<Header>
Header stuff
</Header>
<Body>
<Notification xmlns="http://www.talk.co.uk/gateway/notification">
Notification data
</Notification>
</Body>
</TalkMessage>