Error occurred in XML processing LPX-00601: Invalid token in

Question

Hello all, I'm new here and hope to find a resouce to learn from and give back to when possible.
I am parsing an xml file in a stored proc. The file parses out fine when I make a small modification to the source xml file. Here is the mod:
These are the first 2 lines of the source file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<wc:COLLECTION xmlns:wc="http://www.company.com/sub/1.0">
If I remove the colon from the element in the second line (change wc:COLL... to wcCOLL....), and make the corresponding change in the closing element tag, the code can parse the file just fine.
Here is the primary code that throws the error in my proc:
PROCEDURE IMPORT_WC_XML
AS
v_parser xmlparser.Parser;
v_doc xmldom.DOMDocument;
v_nl xmldom.DOMNodeList;
v_n xmldom.DOMNode;
BEGIN
v_parser := xmlparser.newParser;
xmlparser.parse(v_parser, 'F:\SQLLOG\test.xml');
v_doc := xmlparser.getDocument(v_parser);
xmlparser.freeParser(v_parser);
v_nl := xslprocessor.selectNodes(xmldom.makeNode(v_doc),'/wc:COLLECTION/AddedParts/Part');
If I remove the colon in the root element and remove the colon in this last line of my code, it runs fine.
Any help would be appreciated. I'm a little new to xml.
Regards,
Glen

Answer 1

Ok, I have resolved the issue. Just in case someone has the same problem, I'm posting what I found to fix it:
The function:
v_nl := xslprocessor.selectNodes(n,pattern,namespace);
has a third argument, apparently optional, named "namespace".
I added the namespace as defined in the xml file and it works fine now.
v_nl := xmldom.makeNode(v_doc),'/wc:COLLECTION/Transactions/Transaction','xmlns:wc=http://www.company.com/sub/1.0');
Regards
Glen Herman