XPathNavigation and Namespaces.

[Hollywood]

I have the following code that is attempting to read nodes from an xml
file...

XmlDocument xpdStatus = new XmlDocument();
xpdStatus.Load( "status.xml ");
XPathNavigator xpnStatus = xpdStatus.Creat eNavigator();

XPathNodeIterat or xpniStatus = xpnStatus.Selec t("descendant:: Status");
while (xpniStatus.Mov eNext())
{
Console.WriteLi ne("Book title: {0}", xpniStatus.Curr ent.Value);
XmlNode node = ((xpniStatus.Cu rrent) as IHasXmlNode).Ge tNode();
Console.WriteLi ne("Status: {0}", node.Value);
}

The code works fine until I attempt to add namespaces, with prefixes, into
the XML document, then the xpnStatus.Selec t never returns the Status nodes.
I've also tried xpnStatus.Selec t("descendant:: Status",
"http:///www.mydomain.ne t/mynamespace") and xpnStatus.Selec t("Status",
"http:///www.mydomain.ne t/mynamespace") to no avail.

Any thoughts?

Here is a snipet of the XML...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<document xmlns:MNS="http :///www.mydomain.ne t/mynamespace")>
<MNS:Status guid="8f8ecffd-a692-493c-91d9-0074b74ca56b" damage="false"
reset="false" save="true" show="true">
<MNS:Name>
<MNS:Name>Statu s1</MNS:Name>
<MNS:Alias>Bl </MNS:Alias>
</MNS:Name>
<MNS:Descriptio n><![CDATA[Random description.]]></MNS:Description >
</MNS:Status>
<MNS:Status guid="b7273a52-d346-472c-8506-166f94ca896e" damage="false"
reset="true" save="true" show="false">
<MNS:Name>
<MNS:Name>Statu s2</MNS:Name>
<MNS:Alias>Cp </MNS:Alias>
</MNS:Name>
<MNS:Descriptio n><![CDATA[]]></SRD:Description >
</SRD:Status>
</document>

[Chris Lovett]

You have to populate an XmlNamespaceMan ager and pass it to the navigator
Select method.

"Hollywood" <ho*******@thze ro.com> wrote in message
news:O1******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P09.phx.gbl...

I have the following code that is attempting to read nodes from an xml
file...

XmlDocument xpdStatus = new XmlDocument();
xpdStatus.Load( "status.xml ");
XPathNavigator xpnStatus = xpdStatus.Creat eNavigator();

XPathNodeIterat or xpniStatus = xpnStatus.Selec t("descendant:: Status");
while (xpniStatus.Mov eNext())
{
Console.WriteLi ne("Book title: {0}", xpniStatus.Curr ent.Value);
XmlNode node = ((xpniStatus.Cu rrent) as IHasXmlNode).Ge tNode();
Console.WriteLi ne("Status: {0}", node.Value);
}

The code works fine until I attempt to add namespaces, with prefixes, into
the XML document, then the xpnStatus.Selec t never returns the Status nodes. I've also tried xpnStatus.Selec t("descendant:: Status",
"http:///www.mydomain.ne t/mynamespace") and xpnStatus.Selec t("Status",
"http:///www.mydomain.ne t/mynamespace") to no avail.

Any thoughts?

Here is a snipet of the XML...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<document xmlns:MNS="http :///www.mydomain.ne t/mynamespace")>
<MNS:Status guid="8f8ecffd-a692-493c-91d9-0074b74ca56b" damage="false"
reset="false" save="true" show="true">
<MNS:Name>
<MNS:Name>Statu s1</MNS:Name>
<MNS:Alias>Bl </MNS:Alias>
</MNS:Name>
<MNS:Descriptio n><![CDATA[Random description.]]></MNS:Description >
</MNS:Status>
<MNS:Status guid="b7273a52-d346-472c-8506-166f94ca896e" damage="false"
reset="true" save="true" show="false">
<MNS:Name>
<MNS:Name>Statu s2</MNS:Name>
<MNS:Alias>Cp </MNS:Alias>
</MNS:Name>
<MNS:Descriptio n><![CDATA[]]></SRD:Description >
</SRD:Status>
</document>