Without the little typo in example 2, which Oleg mentioned, both examples
work in Xalan 2.2.D11. Maybe you have to upgrade your Xalan-version. The
current is 2.2.D12 and should be the release if no more bugs where found.
See at xml.apache.org.

Joerg

----- Original Message -----
From: "challa sumalatha" <drsumalatha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 5:39 AM
Subject:  namespace-uri() method returns emty,using xalan 2.0


>
> Hey list:
> i tried with all of the following options to get the namespace-uri(),all
of my efforts are in vain.In all of these cases it returns empty.Help
needed....
> xml:
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>  <a:root xmlns:a="name-a">
>   <b:sub xmlns:b="name-b"/>
>   <c:sub xmlns:c="name-c"/>
>  </a:root>
> xsl:method1:
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>  <xsl:stylesheet
>  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>  version="1.0"
>    xmlns:a="name-a"  xmlns:b="name-b"
>  xmlns:c="name-c">
>  <xsl:template match="/">
>    <xsl:for-each select="a:root">
>     <uri><xsl:value-of select="namespace-uri()"/></uri>
>   </xsl:for-each>
>  </xsl:template>
>  </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> xsl: method:2
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>  <xsl:stylesheet
>  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>  version="1.0"
>    xmlns:a="name-a"  xmlns:b="name-b"
>  xmlns:c="name-c">
>  <xsl:template match="/">
>    <xsl:for-each select="*/[name()='a:root']">
>     <uri><xsl:value-of select="namespace-uri()"/></uri>
>   </xsl:for-each>
>  </xsl:template>
>  </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> challa


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