<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">working with namespaces in xQuery Update I have the following situation</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><b style="color: rgb(0, 167, 210);" class="">declare namespace </b><span style="color: rgb(4, 46, 235);" class=""><b class="">fc</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(212, 101, 52);" class="">=</span><span style="color: rgb(66, 72, 167);" class="">"<a href="http://fitnesscenter.ch" class="">fitnesscenter.ch</a>"</span><span style="color: rgb(139, 137, 0);" class="">;</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class="">
<br class=""></span><b class=""><font color="#00a7d2" class="">let </font><font color="#a84ba7" class="">$member </font>:= </b><span style="color: rgb(0, 79, 0);" class=""><i class="">doc</i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(</span><span style="color: rgb(66, 72, 167);" class="">'FitnessCenter.xml'</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">)</span><span style="color: rgb(139, 137, 0);" class="">//</span><span style="color: rgb(4, 46, 235);" class=""><b class="">fc:Member</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class="">
</span><b style="color: rgb(0, 167, 210);" class="">return</b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class="">
(<br class="">
</span><b style="color: rgb(0, 167, 210);" class="">delete</b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> </span><b style="color: rgb(0, 167, 210);" class="">node</b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(168, 75, 167);" class=""><b class="">$member</b></span><span style="color: rgb(139, 137, 0);" class="">/</span><span style="color: rgb(245, 149, 87);" class=""><b class=""><i class="">@Level</i></b></span><span style="color: rgb(139, 137, 0);" class="">,</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class="">
</span><b style="color: rgb(0, 167, 210);" class="">insert</b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> </span><b style="color: rgb(0, 167, 210);" class="">node</b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(4, 46, 235);" class=""><b class="">element</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> {</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 79, 0);" class=""><i class="">QName</i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(</span><span style="color: rgb(66, 72, 167);" class="">"<a href="http://fitnesscenter.ch" class="">fitnesscenter.ch</a>"</span><span style="color: rgb(139, 137, 0);" class="">,</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 79, 0);" class=""><i class="">name</i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(</span><span style="color: rgb(168, 75, 167);" class=""><b class="">$member</b></span><span style="color: rgb(139, 137, 0);" class="">/</span><span style="color: rgb(245, 149, 87);" class=""><b class=""><i class="">@Level</i></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">))} {</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 79, 0);" class=""><i class="">data</i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(</span><span style="color: rgb(168, 75, 167);" class=""><b class="">$member</b></span><span style="color: rgb(139, 137, 0);" class="">/</span><span style="color: rgb(245, 149, 87);" class=""><b class=""><i class="">@Level</i></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">)}<br class="">
</span><b style="color: rgb(0, 167, 210);" class="">as first into </b><span style="color: rgb(168, 75, 167);" class=""><b class="">$member</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class="">
)<br class="">
<br class="">
</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 167, 210);" class=""><span style="color: #000000" class="">on the XML file</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 167, 210);" class=""><span style="color: #000000" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 167, 210);" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(2, 29, 167);" class=""><FitnessCenter<span style="color: #f9975e" class=""> xmlns</span><span style="color: #ff9450" class="">=</span><span style="color: #ab4500" class="">"<a href="http://fitnesscenter.ch" class="">fitnesscenter.ch</a>"</span>><span style="color: #000000" class=""><br class="">
</span><Member<span style="color: #f9975e" class=""> Level</span><span style="color: #ff9450" class="">=</span><span style="color: #ab4500" class="">"platinum"</span>><span style="color: #000000" class=""><br class="">
</span><Name><span style="color: #000000" class="">Jeff</span></Name><span style="color: #000000" class=""><br class="">
</span><FavoriteColor><span style="color: #000000" class="">lightgrey</span></FavoriteColor><span style="color: #000000" class=""><br class="">
</span></Member><span style="color: #000000" class=""><br class="">
</span></FitnessCenter><span style="color: #000000" class=""><br class="">
</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div>
which works as it should. However, I don’t like to rewrite the namespace in the QName function.</div><div class="">How can I use the declared namespace?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks in advance</div><div class="">Leo</div></body></html>