Query XML with LINQ

[treuveni]

Hi, I've the following XML-

<MessageParts xmlns="http://www.address.com">
<Status xmlns="">
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<Data>
<PersonsMin xmlns="some attribute">
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<Parts>
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</Parts>
</PersonsMin>
</Data>
</Status>
</MessageParts>

I'me trying to get all the elements in PersonsMin. var query = from response in xmlDoc.Elements("PersonsMin") select response; But i'm getting "Sequence contains no elements". What i'm doing wrong?

[Pete OHanlon]

treuveni wrote:

What i'm doing wrong?

That's fairly simple, you've forgotten to add the XML namespace to the query. Typically you would do this using

XNamespace myNamespace = "some namespace";
var query = from response in xmlDoc.Elements(myNamespace + "PersonsMin")
select response;

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[treuveni]

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

you've forgotten to add the XML namespace to the query

Like this? XNamespace myNamespace = "some attribute"; var query = from response in xmlDoc.Elements(myNamespace + "PersonsMin") select response; XNamespace is the XAttribute?

[Pete OHanlon]

Whereever you see xmlns in your XML, that's the namespace that you need to include to pick it up.

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[treuveni]

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

Whereever you see xmlns in your XML, that's the namespace that you need to include to pick it up.

Still same error "Sequence contains no elements"

[Pete OHanlon]

Try this:

var query = from response in xDoc.Descendants(ns + "PersonsMin")
select response;

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