Namespace error

[Muddmuse]

I'm attempting to load an xsl file into the DOM (&quot;MSXML2.DOMDocument.4.0&quot and modify the &quot;select&quot; attribute on a <xsl:sort/> node like this:

Set objSortNode = xslObj.documentElement.selectSingleNode(&quot;//xsl:sort&quot

I'm getting the following error:

&quot;Reference to undeclared namespace prefix: 'xsl'&quot;

Here is my stylesheet:

<?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?>
<xsl:stylesheet version=&quot;1.0&quot; xmlns:xsl=&quot;

http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform&quot;>

<xsl:template match=&quot;/&quot;>
<!-- do stuff here -->
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

I am declaring the namespace so why am I getting this error?

 

[harebrain]

The &quot;

http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform&quot;

is standard, and msxml versions straddle that standard. Try the preliminary namepace &quot;

http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl&quot;.

If that works, you should upgrade your msxml version and ditch the preliminary code.

HTH,
harebrain

 

[Muddmuse]

Once I set the &quot;SetProperty&quot; property on the xsl object before trying to access any nodes in the tree all worked fine.

xslObj.setProperty &quot;SelectionNamespaces&quot;, &quot;xmlns:xsl='

http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'&quot;

 

[JJR]

Hi Muddmuse,

I've had simular problems reading an XSD. Code that worked fine with the 3.0 parser didn't work with the 4.0 parser. I still haven't found the solution but I think it has something to do with the default query language MS uses with the 4.0 parser.

Script Syntax:
var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.selectSingleNode(queryString);

Parameters
queryString
A string specifying the pattern-matching operation to be applied. This string is an XPath expression only if the setProperty method has set the SelectionLanguage internal property (flag) to &quot;XPath&quot;. Otherwise, this string is an XSL Patterns query.

So try setting the SelectionLanguage property to XPath first.

Good luck!

Jordi Reineman