Problems with XALAN parsing an xml with a namespace ha

Hi 
Iam using xalan as my XSL transformer. When trying to transform an xml
created by MSXML which has a namespace declaration

<xml xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882"
xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882"
xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema">

The error while i try to parse 
XSLException Type is: XPathParserException
Message is: Unable to resolve prefix 'rs'.
pattern = '//rs:data/z:row/@MESSAGE_TYPE ='UTILTS E29''(CDM2PIPE_Mstr.
xsl, 50, 61)
Remaining tokens: ('/' '/') (CDM2PIPE_Mstr.xsl, line 50, column 61)is ..


Can some one tell me whats going wrong here, Incase it is coz of using
the namespace with a # (I read that this was a xalan problem )is there
any work around to get it working
thanks
-Satish

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