Re: [xsl] xpath query failing

> On 22 Apr 2016, at 20:52, Joseph L. Casale 
> jcasale(_at_)activenetwerx(_dot_)com 
> <xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
>
> > I'm afraid this is the number 1 xpath gotcha. Your nlog element is in a 
> > namespace and you are searching for nlog elements in no namespace.
> >
> > The framework in which you are executing the XPath expression should give 
> > you some means of binding a prefix to the namespace, for example
> >
> > setNamespaceBinding("n", "http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd";)
> >
> > You can then use the path expression "/n:nlog/@throwExceptions"
> Hi Michael,
> Looks like I am out of luck, according to 
> https://sourceforge.net/p/wix/bugs/2384/
> the WIX toolset neglects to implement this functionality.
Well, there's always the ghastly workaround

> > "/*[local-name() = 'nlog']/@throwExceptions"
Over on xml-dev there are people actually defending the design of XML 
namespaces. Amazing.

Michael Kay
Saxonica
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