XPath tool and namespace

[john99]

Hello,

I'm trying to use the XPath tool on the IDE. I have a simple XML with namespace like this:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<tables xmlns="aaaaa">

    <table xmlns="bbbbb">

        <row>A</row>

        <row>B</row>

    </table>

</tables>

How do I get all row using XPath on the IDE ?.

TIA,

John

[adrian]

Hello,

For all row elements from any namespace use:

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//*:row

Regards,
Adrian

[john99]

Thanks Adrian. How do I select table only without using * ?

/*:tables/bbbbb:table or /*:tables/.:table don't seem to work.

TIA,

John

[adrian]

How about:

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/tables/*:table

'*:' means from any namespace
If you want to use a specific namespace, declare a prefix mapping for it in: Options > Preferences, XML > XSLT-FO-XQuery > XPath, Default prefix-namespace mappings
myns "bbbbb"
Then use in the XPath toolbar:

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/tables/myns:table

Or if you don't want any namespace mappings, there's always the possibility of specifying both the namespace and the local name, but it's messy:

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/tables/*[namespace-uri()='bbbbb' and local-name()='table']

If you have just started using XPath, there are some tutorials here:
http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/

Regards,
Adrian

[john99]

Thanks a bunch Adrian. I'm a noob in XSLT . Been reading stuff.