How to avoid xmlns attribute when creating XML element using vbscript?

Question

When adding a new element I see the xmlns attribute getting added with empty string. How can I avoid this? I have seen few answers but they are either in Java or .Net. Still tried those but they don't work. I need a solution for VBScript.

'load the xml file
Set objXMLDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")  
objXMLDoc.load(strFilePath)

'get all <MainError> nodes in the xml
Set mainNode = objXMLDoc.documentElement.SelectNodes("//MainError")

'get child nodes for the first <MainError> node
Set childNodes = mainNode(0).ChildNodes

Set objErrorNode = objXMLDoc.createElement("ChildError")
objErrorNode.text = "somevalue"
mainNode(0).appendChild(objErrorNode)

Output:

<MainError><ChildError xmlns="">somevalue</ChildError></MainError>

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:51:57Z

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As explained in this answer to a similar question you probably get the empty xmlns attribute because one of the parent elements is defined with a namespace, but you create the new child element without a namespace. Use createNode instead of createElement to create the child element with the same namespace as the ancestor node.

ns = "..."  '<-- define namespace string here according to whatever
            '    namespace is defined in your XML

Set objErrorNode = objXMLDoc.createNode(1, "ChildError", ns)
objErrorNode.text = "somevalue"
mainNode(0).appendChild(objErrorNode)

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:51

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