OpenXML multiple namespaces

Hi

I've been banging my head against this one for a while. There are examples around but I can't seem to find anything that works (or find an explanation).

The problem: The xml document uses an imported common schema to reference common tags/objects (xmlns:cmn) but I can't seem to get openXML working with multiple namespaces. If I remove the primary namespace (emboldened in red) the SELECT returns as expected. Editing the xml document is not an option.

Here's (a simplified version) of my code...

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DECLARE @.idoc INT
DECLARE @.doc varchar (8000)

SET @.doc ='
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LHA_DATA xmlns="http://www.trs.co.uk/schema/DataShare.xsd" xmlns:cmn="http://www.trs.co.uk/schema/Common_ed.xsd">
<Manifest>
<cmn:senderRecipient>
<cmn:LACode>A0000</cmn:LACode>
<cmn:OfficeCode>0</cmn:OfficeCode>
</cmn:senderRecipient>
</Manifest>
</LHA_DATA>
'

EXEC sp_xml_preparedocument @.idoc OUTPUT, @.doc, '<LHA_DATA xmlns:cmn="xmlns="http://www.trs.co.uk/schema/DataShare.xsd" http://www.trs.co.uk/schema/Common_ed.xsd" />'

SELECT *
FROM OPENXML (@.idoc, 'LHA_DATA', 2)
WITH (LACode varchar(10) '//cmn:LACode',
OfficeCode varchar(10) '//cmn:OfficeCode')

EXEC sp_xml_removedocument @.idoc

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Any help greatly received!!!!Hi

My continued searching eventually proved fruitful :D . Anyone who stumbles on this with the same problem may find the following link useful.

http://www.devnewsgroups.net/group/microsoft.public.sqlserver.xml/topic45014.aspx

Cheers
JW