I am not entirely sure I understand the question, but I will try to answer it anyway. :-)
Namespaces help to logically organize the configuration. For example, if you have a large application (like the one I work on) with almost 100 sql map files, finding the one that contains a mapped statement named "getEnteredAccountingPeriods" can be a bit time consuming without just giving up and using grep. :-) However, if you keep all the sql map files in one directory (which IMO, you should either way), and use namespaces that match the file names it becomes *much* easier. Now you know exactly which file to to look in for the "Accrual.getEnteredAccountingPeriods" statement. Larry On 6/9/05, Ersin Er <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Why some resultMaps should be namespace aware like > > <result property="months" resultMap="Calendar.monthMap"/>
