'Anonymous' Namespace foils XPath query 1

[UKCoder]

I have an XML document that looks like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root element>
[tab]<next element>
[tab][tab]<another element xmlns:xsd="http:something" xmlns:xs="http:somthing" xmlns="http:something">
[tab][tab][tab]<other elements />
[tab][tab][tab]<other elements />
[tab][tab][tab]<other elements />
[tab][tab][tab]....
[tab][tab]</another element>
[tab]</next element>
</root element>

The xmlns="http:something" is correct; there is no prefix.

Using XPath wildcards, can get all nodes returned. Using XPath expressions relating to nodes below the <another element> node, eg "//other elements" returns nothing. Removing the xmlns clauses causes the XPath query to work. I cannot change the document structure.

I want to use xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("xpath query") or xmlDoc.SelectNodes("xpath query"). How can I create an XPath query that will ignore (or cope with) this 'anonymous' namespace?

Thanks for any help.

 

[k5tm]

If you really don't care about the namespaces then you can use something like this:

 "/root/next/*[local-name()='another']/*[local-name()='other']"

The local-name() function returns the element name without the namespace attached.

Tom Morrison

http://www.liant.com

 

[UKCoder]

Thanks for that tip - it looks like it's the bees knees! Your help appreciated.