ok heres my problem
I am using SQLXML accompanied by an XML Schema to automatically create an XML document. The generated XML document has certain code in it that I do not want, so my idea is to pass this code through an XSLT file and snip the unwanted code.

the stylesheet type is xml/xsl, because i still want it to appear as XML, i just want it modified to my own specs

for example the XML file contains a line like this:
<y0:YourName xmlns:y0="http://www.it.ojp.gov/jxdm/3.0">Andrew</y0:YourName>
but i want it to read this after it goes through the XSLT file
<YourName>Andrew</YourName>

so basically I am trying to strip the namespace information. can anyone help me??

Use:

<xsl:template match="y0:YourName" xmlns:y0="http://www.it.ojp.gov/jxdm/3.0">
  <xsl:element name="local-name()">
    <xsl:apply-templates/>
  </xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

probably combined with an identity template so that other elements are copied unchanged.


Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

Thank you
I will give this a shot today and let you know how I make out.
I appreciate your help so much. I just began using XML and XSLT very recently and I am still in the learning stages, so when people like you share their knowledge it is a wonderful thing.

Thank you again.:)

I might be going about this the incorrect way...I do not even know if it is possible to do what I am trying...

An XML file is generated based on the SQL query. Once the XML output is created, some parts of code appear that I do not want: <y0:YourName xmlns:y0="http://www.whatever.com">Andrew</y0:YourName> i do not want the namespace info to appear, just <YourName>Andrew</YourName>

I also want the XML file to appear in the browser as XML code, for instance I want to see <YourName>Andrew</YourName>, not just Andrew.
I cannot seem to get templates to work for this...can anyone point me in the right direction?

Did you get any solution for this query 'coz even I am stuck with a similar issue.

Dharmendra