Oh boy i'm getting tangled in knots here.

I have a schema which contains
<xs:schema
targetNamespace="http://Southend.Schemas.PAS/PASPatientDemographics.xsd"
id="PASPatientDetails"
xmlns:sh="http://Southend.Schemas.PAS/PASPatientDemographics.xsd"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified">

now i used the xsd.exe and it now generates elements when I serilaize the
class I get

<RequestingPatient_ID xmlns="">D1234567890</RequestingPatient_ID>

So each emlement contains xmlns="", why is this  i just wanted a namespace
to identify the schema, and then all elements / records are part of that
namespace.  so i really just want to render

<RequestingPatient_ID>D1234567890</RequestingPatient_ID>

IS this due to some feature in the xsdclass that is rendered.

<System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "2.0.50727.42"), _

System.SerializableAttribute(), _

System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute(), _

System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code"), _

System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType:=true), _

System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute([Namespace]:="http://Southend.Schemas.PAS/PASPatientDemographics.xsd",
IsNullable:=false)>

<System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Form:=System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified)>
_

Public Property RequestingPatient_ID() As String

Get

Return Me.requestingPatient_IDField

End Get

Set

Me.requestingPatient_IDField = value

End Set

End Property

I hope someone can help with this issue.

Thanks