I would like to create the following document <request xmlns="http://somedefaultnamespace"; xmlns:test ="http://secondnamespace";> <value>100</value> <test:value>150</test:value> </request> Whenever I try to add a namespace attribute with the format xmlns:test I get an error. I CAN create namespaces via the root.setAttributeNS("http://x.com/ns","x:hi","myvalue";); OR Attr myattr = mydoc.createAttributeNS("http://someuri","myname";); It appears these namespace(s) are visible within the Xerces object classes (tested through the root.getAttributeNodeNS("http://x.com/ns","hi";)) method and it returns the correct node...however if I write this XML document out (to a string or a file) I do not see the xmlns attributes like I would expect to see.... Any ideas?? Am I not calling the right method? Why isn't there a createnamespace method? thanks Doug
