Tricky XPath query C#

[abcxyz82]

Below is the sample xml analgous to mine, "============= ... ===========" Now, I am trying write a function which says an employee with name xxx belongs to Dept xxx or not? taking two parameters, DEPT_NODE and EMPNAME as parameters. I can not change the signature as its from top. how to write an Xpath query for that? Thanks for anticipation. Regards. MaulikCE

[hamster1]

Try this: //DEPT[@CODE="DC1"]/EMP[@NAME="A"] ---------------------- ~hamster1