Thanks!

Your suggestion allows me to access a specific value.

What would be the best way to actually take the input xml transform it
into a new xml and just change a value or add a new element?

Would it be best to do a template match on "/" and do a for-each on
each element and then test each element to see if it was the one I
wanted to change?

Would it be better to set up specify template match statements for
each of the top-level elements and output the xml from the input
document except in the case where I need to change it?

Thanks,
Paul

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Houghton,Andrew <houghtoa@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Paul Ferwerda [mailto:pflists@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 2:37 PM
>> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject:  Confusing namespaces and xslt
>>
>> I have a newbie question. I've gone round and around on this issue and
>> haven't been able to make any headway on my own. I suspect I'm missing
>> some basic understanding of how to use XPath expressions and how
>> namespaces are used. so I apologize in advance if the question is a
>> stupid one.
>>
>> I need to handle the following xml and generate new xml that makes
>> some changes to some of the attributes;
>>
>> [...]
>>
>
> In your XSL, on the stylesheet or transform element declare the namespace with whatever prefix you desire.  That will allow you to use that prefix in your XPath statements.  So:
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
>  xmlns:client="http://somecompany.com/box/client"
>  xmlns:box="http://somecompany.com/box"
>>
>
> Now in your XPath:
>
> /client:box-client/client:network/box:components
>
>
> Andy.