Finding element in XDocument?

by

Elements() will only check direct children – which in the first case is the root element, in the second case children of the root element, hence you get a match in the second case. If you just want any matching descendant use Descendants() instead:

var query = from c in xmlFile.Descendants("Band") select c;

Also I would suggest you re-structure your Xml: The band name should be an attribute or element value, not the element name itself – this makes querying (and schema validation for that matter) much harder, i.e. something like this:

<Band>
  <BandProperties Name ="Doors" ID="222" started="1968" />
  <Description>regular Band<![CDATA[lalala]]></Description>
  <Last>1</Last>
  <Salary>2</Salary>
</Band>

More Related Contents:

  1. Query an XDocument for elements by name at any depth
  2. What is the difference between Linq to XML Descendants and Elements
  3. how to use XPath with XDocument?
  4. get line number for XElement here
  5. XmlTextReader vs. XDocument
  6. How can I remove empty xmlns attribute from node created by XElement
  7. XDocument or XmlDocument
  8. Read XML Attribute using XmlDocument
  9. How would you compare two XML Documents?
  10. Why does C# XmlDocument.LoadXml(string) fail when an XML header is included?
  11. Format a date in XML via XSLT
  12. Escape invalid XML characters in C#
  13. Converting XDocument to XmlDocument and vice versa
  14. How to read attribute value from XmlNode in C#?
  15. Serialize a nullable int
  16. XmlSerializer – There was an error reflecting type
  17. How to serialize/deserialize simple classes to XML and back
  18. Fastest way to add new node to end of an xml?
  19. How to Get XML Node from XDocument
  20. How to write a comment to an XML file when using the XmlSerializer?
  21. XML file creation using XDocument in C#
  22. Deserializing XML File with multiple element attributes – attributes are not deserializing
  23. How to prevent System.Xml.XmlException: Invalid character in the given encoding
  24. How to print using XDocument
  25. Linq to XML – update/alter the nodes of an XML Document
  26. Query XDocument with xmlns attribute (namespace)
  27. Use the XmlInclude or SoapInclude attribute to specify types that are not known statically
  28. How to put attributes via XElement
  29. How do I return XML from a Stored Procedure?
  30. How can I convert a DataTable to an XML file in C#?

Leave a Comment