effect of namespace on collection function; weird

[Michael Kay]

> yes frustrating, but dont forget you can use:
> 
> declare default element namespace "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
> 
> to change the default element namespace in XQuery
> 

But it still changes the default both for constructing new elements and for
accessing existing ones. What the user wants here is different defaults for
the two cases.

Regards,

Michael Kay
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