hi all
I have the following code in c++, when I run the code I get 
an extra xmlns="" attribute in the children elements

i understood from a previouse Questions in this newsgroup that i am using a 
default namespace for the root element

but i am still getting problems implement it the right way 
my code:
IXMLDOMDocumentPtr XMLEmpDoc;
IXMLDOMElementPtr    XMLRootElem;
IXMLDOMElementPtr    XMLChildElem;
IXMLDOMAttributePtr   XMLAttr;

XMLEmpDoc.CreateInstance("Microsoft.XMLDOM");

XMLRootElem= XMLEmpDoc->createNode(1, "employee", 
"x-schema:file:///E:\TK_SQL\EMPLOYEE-SCHEMA.XML"  );

XMLEmpDoc->appendChild(XMLRootElem);

//Root attributes:
XMLAttr= XMLEmpDoc->createAttribute("FIRST_NAME");
XMLAttr->value = "BILL";
XMLRootElem->setAttributeNode(XMLAttr);
XMLAttr.Release();

XMLAttr= XMLEmpDoc->createAttribute("LAST_NAME");
XMLAttr->value = "CLINTON";
XMLRootElem->setAttributeNode(XMLAttr);
XMLAttr.Release();

//add a child element with NO xmlns attributes!!!
XMLChildElem= XMLEmpDoc->createElement("address");
XMLEmpDoc->documentElement->appendChild(XMLElement);

//child attributes
XMLAttr= XMLEmpDoc->createAttribute("city");
XMLAttr->value = "new-york city";
XMLElement->setAttributeNode(XMLAttr);
XMLAttr.Release();

XMLAttr= XMLEmpDoc->createAttribute("street");
XMLAttr->value = "42 st";
XMLElement->setAttributeNode(XMLAttr);

XMLEmpDoc->save("MyXML.xml");

the wanted result:
<employee xmlns="x-schema:file:///E:\TK_SQL\EMPLOYEE-SCHEMA.XML">
FIRST_NAME = "BILL"
LAST_NAME = "CLINTON">
<address CITY= "NEW-YORK CITY" STREET = "42 st" />
</employee>

what is wrong here ?
if someone can explain me the corect way of implementation it will be great
thanks a lot
stanley