Dealing with a null Namepsace in xmlDocument

[Keith Chadwick]

When I submit my xmldocument to my web server it is adding in a namespace
with no namespace to the root which is preventing me from using an xpath on
the document. The xml submitted via soap to the web service looks like this:

<root xmlns="facts">
<mydata>.....</mydata>
</root>

I have used the namespacemanager thus, where sysFieldDoc is the xmldocument:

Dim myNamespace As XmlNamespaceManager = New
XmlNamespaceManager(sysFieldDoc.NameTable)
myNamespace.AddNamespace("", "facts")

but when I do sysFieldDoc.selectNodes("//ROOT",myNamespace).count I still
get nadda!!

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Cheers
Keith

[Ion Vasilian]

Try:
Dim myNamespace As XmlNamespaceManager = New
XmlNamespaceManager(sysFieldDoc.NameTable)
myNamespace.AddNamespace("p", "facts")
sysFieldDoc.selectNodes("//p:root",myNamespace).count

Ion

"Keith Chadwick" <Ke***********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:28**********************************@microsof t.com...

When I submit my xmldocument to my web server it is adding in a namespace
with no namespace to the root which is preventing me from using an xpath on the document. The xml submitted via soap to the web service looks like this:
<root xmlns="facts">
<mydata>.....</mydata>
</root>

I have used the namespacemanager thus, where sysFieldDoc is the xmldocument:
Dim myNamespace As XmlNamespaceManager = New
XmlNamespaceManager(sysFieldDoc.NameTable)
myNamespace.AddNamespace("", "facts")

but when I do sysFieldDoc.selectNodes("//ROOT",myNamespace).count I still
get nadda!!

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Cheers
Keith