[XQuery Update Newbie] Rename all element nodes (in no namespace) to the same name, but in a namespace?

[Costello, Roger L.]

Michael Kay wrote:

> Try
> rename node $i as QName('http://www.gym.com', local-name($i))

I tried that. I got the same error message:

    New name conflicts with existing namespace binding

I am using Saxon, version 9.2.0.6

Any ideas?

/Roger

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From: Michael Kay [http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk]
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 9:17 AM
To: Costello, Roger L.; http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk
Subject: RE:  [XQuery Update Newbie] Rename all element nodes (in no namespace) to the same name, but in a namespace?

> I figured that I could simply do a rename:
>
> for $i in doc('FitnessCenter.xml')//*
>     return rename node $i as QName('http://www.gym.com', name($i))
>
> Here's the error message I get from Saxon:
>
>     New name conflicts with existing namespace binding
>
> What's the correct way to do this please?

Try

rename node $i as QName('http://www.gym.com', local-name($i))

You're trying to use the existing prefix to refer to a new namespace, and
the trouble is that rename() doesn't get rid of the unused namespace node
which binds that prefix to a different URI.

Regards,

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
http://twitter.com/michaelhkay