Remove Namespace from XML Output whilst using 1 XSLT - xslt

Question

I am using Crystal Report 2011 Export using XSLT and cannot use the tag namespace-alias in the XSLT for some reason.
I have the following XSLT :-
<xsl:namespace-alias stylesheet-prefix="b" result-prefix="#default"/>
<xsl:template match="/b:CrystalReport">
<root>
<xsl:for-each select="b:Details">
<person>
<VRN><xsl:value-of select="b:Section/b:Field[#Name='ITMVEHICLEREGNUM1']/b:FormattedValue"/></VRN>
<Make><xsl:value-of select="b:Section/b:Field[#Name='ITMMANUDESC1']/b:FormattedValue"/></Make>
<Model><xsl:value-of select="b:Section/b:Field[#Name='ITMODELDESC1']/b:FormattedValue"/></Model>
<PolicyNumber><xsl:value-of select="b:Section/b:Field[#Name='POLEXTERNAL11']/b:FormattedValue"/></PolicyNumber>
<Title><xsl:value-of select="b:Section/b:Field[#Name='TITDESCRIPTION1']/b:FormattedValue"/></Title>
<FirstName><xsl:value-of select="b:Section/b:Field[#Name='CLIFIRST1']/b:FormattedValue"/></FirstName>
<LastName><xsl:value-of select="b:Section/b:Field[#Name='CLISURN1']/b:FormattedValue"/></LastName>
<PostCode><xsl:value-of select="b:Section/b:Field[#Name='ADRPOSTCODE1']/b:FormattedValue"/></PostCode>
<CoverStartDate><xsl:value-of select="b:Section/b:Field[#Name='POLRENDATE1']/b:FormattedValue"/></CoverStartDate>
<CoverEndDate><xsl:value-of select="b:Section/b:Field[#Name='POLENDDATE1']/b:FormattedValue"/></CoverEndDate>
<FullyComp><xsl:value-of select="b:Section/b:Field[#Name='ITMCOVERTYPECDE1']/b:FormattedValue"/></FullyComp>
<GlassLimit>500</GlassLimit>
<GlassExcess>75</GlassExcess>
<VatReg><xsl:value-of select="b:Section/b:Field[#Name='CLIVATREG1']/b:FormattedValue"/></VatReg>
<AccidentDamageExecess>N/A</AccidentDamageExecess>
<RepairExcess>0.00</RepairExcess>
<Insurer><xsl:value-of select="b:Section/b:Field[#Name='INSNAME1']/b:FormattedValue"/></Insurer>
<Referral><xsl:value-of select="b:Section/b:Field[#Name='CENDESC1']/b:FormattedValue"/></Referral>
</person>
</xsl:for-each>
</root>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
The output looks like :-
<root xmlns:b="urn:crystal-reports:schemas:report-detail">
<person>
<VRN>XXXXXX</VRN>
<Make>AUSTIN</Make>
<Model>A35</Model>
<PolicyNumber>XXXXXXXX</PolicyNumber>
<Title>Mr</Title>
<FirstName>Gareth</FirstName>
<LastName>Jones</LastName>
<PostCode>AL23 6TR</PostCode>
<CoverStartDate>06.04.2011</CoverStartDate>
<CoverEndDate>05.04.2012</CoverEndDate>
<FullyComp>01</FullyComp>
<GlassLimit>500</GlassLimit>
<GlassExcess>75</GlassExcess>
<VatReg></VatReg>
<AccidentDamageExecess>N/A</AccidentDamageExecess>
<RepairExcess>0.00</RepairExcess>
<Insurer>My Insurer</Insurer>
<Referral>Direct</Referral>
</person>
</root>
I need to be able to remove the namespace from the tag and can only use 1 XSLT to do it.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Craig

Answer 1

You don't need to use namespace-alias here. The result is already in the null namespace, but if you want to suppress the b namespace declaration, you just need to use exclude-result-prefixes:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:b="urn:crystal-reports:schemas:report-detail"
exclude-result-prefixes="b">