Thanks Robert, the *: prefix does the trick. Wayne
> On 18 Sep 2016, at 4:38 PM, Robert Shubert <rshub...@tronics.com> wrote: > > You have to deal with the namespace. > > Your xpath is correct except for the wildcard on the namespace prefix, so > this works: > > <@ELEMENTVALUE myDom > xpath='/*:ABRPayloadSearchResults/*:request/*:identifierSearchRequest/*:authenticationGUID'> > > Note that all the elements are in the namespace, so you need to wildcard them > all. > > In simple XML like this, you can just go straight to the element: > > <@ELEMENTVALUE myDom xpath='//*:authenticationGUID'> > > In the case of this XML, there is a default namespace being setup by this > portion of the root node: > > xmlns="http://abr.business.gov.au/ABRXMLSearchRPC/literalTypes"; > > Since it's the default (it's unnamed) you use the wildcard *: to look for any > namespace. TS7 doesn't really have namespace interaction, so it's best to do > that for everything. In theory, a named namespace and a prefixed element > should work in TS xpath. > > So, if you don't want to bother with the wildcards, you can @REPLACE that > portion of the root element with nothing before you @DOM the XML, then your > xpaths would work as you originally had them. > > Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Irvine [mailto:wa...@byteserve.com.au] > Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 8:29 PM > To: TeraScript-Talk@terascript.com > Subject: TeraScript-Talk: Requesting a bit of ELEMENTVALUE help > > I have a webcall that returns some XML. > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <ABRPayloadSearchResults xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xmlns="http://abr.business.gov.au/ABRXMLSearchRPC/literalTypes";> > <request> > <identifierSearchRequest> > > <authenticationGUID>dd9afbd8-969d-4f7d-aa02-3f742abba131</authenticationGUID> > <identifierType>ABN</identifierType> > <identifierValue>95151285933</identifierValue> > <history>N</history> > </identifierSearchRequest> > </request> > </ABRPayloadSearchResults> > > I can return a value via XPOINTER. > > <@ASSIGN NAME=“GUID" SCOPE="user" VALUE="<@VAR NAME='MyDom' > XPOINTER='root().child(1).child(1).child(1)'>"> > @@GUID > > returns: dd9afbd8-969d-4f7d-aa02-3f742abba131 > > But can’t work out the ELEMENTVALUE path to return same: > > <@ELEMENTVALUE myDom > xpath='/ABRPayloadSearchResults/request/identifierSearchRequest/authenticationGUID’> > > returns nothing. > > I’m sure it’s something simple (it always is) but it’s got me stumped. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Wayne > > Byteserve Pty Ltd > w: http://www.byteserve.com.au/ > e: i...@byteserve.com.au > p: +61 02 9960 6099 > m: 0409 960 609 > f: +61 02 9960 6088 > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > lists...@terascript.com with "unsubscribe terascript-talk" in the body. > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > lists...@terascript.com with "unsubscribe terascript-talk" in the body. > Byteserve Pty Ltd w: http://www.byteserve.com.au/ e: i...@byteserve.com.au p: +61 02 9960 6099 m: 0409 960 609 f: +61 02 9960 6088 ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to lists...@terascript.com with "unsubscribe terascript-talk" in the body.
