How Can I Remove Namespace?

[animayator]

Hi, i want to remove a namespace like follow:

[b]
//creates new namespace
namespace -add Poly;
namespace -set Poly;

..some Code ...

namespace -set ":";
namespace -rm "Poly"; //line x[/b]

But an error occured in line x: The namespace 'Poly' is not empty.
I think I make it empty with namespace -set ":"; ? Whats wrong? Can anybody help me?

[joojaa]

QUOTE(Animayator @ 05/28/07, 06:15 PM) [snapback]267004[/snapback]
But an error occured in line x: The namespace 'Poly' is not empty.
I think I make it empty with namespace -set ":"; ? Whats wrong? Can anybody help me?

no you didn't you set the name space for all future objects to nothing, you cant remove a name space until theres no longer no remaining objects with that namespace

[jamespiechota]

To move an object out of a namespace, you'll have to rename it.

CODE
rename Poly:pSphere1 :pSphere1

This will move pSphere1 from the Poly namespace to the root namespace. Once you've moved all objects out of a namespace you can delete the namespace. If you have nested namespaces (e.g. A:B:) and want to remove A, you'll first have to empty out both A and B and then remove B, and finally, remove A.

[jiann]

You can also delete all the content under the given namespace. This will make the namespace empty. You can remove the namespace after that.

namespace -set ":";
delete ls "Poly:*";
namespace -rm "Poly";