My hero !!

That works a treat.

Thanks very much  :o)

Ste..

"Chris Barber" <chris@b...> wrote in message
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> Example:
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
>  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>  xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
>  exclude-result-prefixes="msxsl">
>
> Use exclude-result-prefixes attribute of the stylesheet.
>
> Chris.
>
>
> "Ste" <ste@h...> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>     i am changing the structure of an XML document using XSL. The XSL file
> has the xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" namespace so that i
can
> write a script. This namespace now appears in the root element of the
output
> document. When validating the output document against the DTD it fails
> because the namespace is not declared in the DTD.
>
> I cannot alter the DTD as this belongs to the company who i am sending the
> data to (hence the structure transform)
>
> How can i create an XML document with no namespace ?
>
> thanks,
>
> Ste..
>
>
>