Hi all,

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I was wondering that instead of having my xsl declaration with my namespace in it:
...and then referencing it like this

is it possible to somehow do away with the need to put cc infront of every xpath query? (There is only one namespace in the entire document).

Many thanks,

Simon

Since you are using XSLT 2.0 you can set

xpath-default-namespace="urn:callcredit.plc.uk/api5"

Incidentally, there is no need to declare or use the fn: prefix for functions in XSLT. You can use the names of system functions unprefixed, for example count(), just as in XSLT 1.0.

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

Thanks a lot Michael; was a great help :D

Sorry about the double post business... we have realised that we are going to have to do this stylesheet in XSLT 1.0. Is there an equivalent way of omitting the namespace from each xpath call?

Many thanks,

Simon

No. I suppose you could pre-process the XML first but that would need the prefixes declaring for that transform...

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

No, there is no equivalent mechanism in XSLT 1.0.

Anyone who still has to code in 1.0 has my deepest symphathy.

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

Oh Michael! If you only knew at the time of your posting...

Here I am, June of 2012, still coding with XSLT 1.0 ...

And no, it isn't MY choice ;o)

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