Removing xmlns attribute from response XML

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Rajiv - 03 Apr 2007 16:14 GMT

Hi,

I have a webservices(developed in .net 2.0, using c#) with a webmethod that
returns a XML document. The problem is that the XML returned from the
webservice is having a attribute xmlns="" in the root node. It seems that
.net framework is adding this attribute as I have not adding this attribute
through my code.

Is it possible to remove this attribut from the response XML? I know can be
possible to remove it at the client side, but I would like to know if it can
be done at webservice level.

Thanks & Regards,
Rajiv

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John Saunders - 03 Apr 2007 22:21 GMT

> Hi,
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> can
> be done at webservice level.

Rajiv, "xmlns" isn't really an attribute. It's a namespace declaration. It
indicates that the root element, and any children of the root unless they
override it, is in the
blank namespace.

Is this causing you a problem?

John

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Rajiv - 04 Apr 2007 04:12 GMT

Thanks for the reply, John. Yes, the blank namespace declaration in the root
element is causing the problem on the client side. The client to my
webservice is Oracle PL/SQL and they seems to having problem with the blank
namespace(Not quite sure about the exact problem as another team is working
on the client part).

Best Regards,
Rajiv

> > Hi,
> >
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> John

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John Saunders - 04 Apr 2007 18:37 GMT

> Thanks for the reply, John. Yes, the blank namespace declaration in the
> root
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> working
> on the client part).

You should check with the other team to find the specific problem. It's
possible that the problem is that the namespace declaration needs to be
non-blank!

John

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Rajiv - 05 Apr 2007 05:36 GMT

Thanks again for the reply. Yes, you are right. The problem was with the
blank namespace. Now, I am by sending some text in xmlns attribute and it
seems to be working OK.

Best Regards,

> > Thanks for the reply, John. Yes, the blank namespace declaration in the
> > root
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> John

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