I have an XSLT which I use to import some XML data in SOAP format. Works great in FileMaker 11, but when trying it in FileMaker 9v3 I get the following error:

XML Parsing error: Attribute 'xmlns:soap' is not declared for element 'FMPXMLRESULT'

In the XSLT which works in FM11, I do have an xmlns definition:

<xsl:stylesheet

   version="1.0"

   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"

   xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"

>

 

However, I need this, because if I remove it, then I get a different error:

 

"Unable to resolve prefix 'soap'"  which happens when I count the records as I'm using the soap namespace...

 

 

<DATABASE DATEFORMAT="M/d/yyyy" LAYOUT="" NAME=""

RECORDS="{count(soap:Envelope/soap:Body/People/*)}"

 

TIMEFORMAT="h:mm:ss a"/>

 

 

Solved:

turns out that FM9 doesn't like the xmlns which are naturally appended to the FMPXMLRESULT.  FM11 seems to not care.

 

Solution:

 

add

   exclude-result-prefixes="soap"

to your <xsl:stylesheet

node.

 

if you need to exclude more, just put a list in like this:

 

 

   exclude-result-prefixes="a b c"

 

So the final XSLT looks like this:

 

<xsl:stylesheet

   version="1.0"

   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"

   xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"

   exclude-result-prefixes="soap"

>

Yes, when you declare an xmlns for import into FM, you have to exclude it from the result (of the transformation). Filemaker only wants its own xmlns, naturally!!