IBM The method hasAttributeNS returns true when an attribute with a given local name and namespace URI is specified on this element or has a default value, false otherwise. Create a new element and an attribute node that has an empty namespace. Add the attribute node to the element node. Check if the newly created element node has an attribute by invoking the hasAttributeNS method with appropriate values for the namespaceURI and localName parameters. Neil Delima 2002-04-28