ML with attributes NOT working with Datase

[keith]

I am trying to display the "DESCRIPTION" node in a DataGrid control from an
xml file.

It works fine, as long as the root node does NOT have any attributes, i.e. a
count of the number of nodes returned.

However almost all of our xml documents have attributes inside the root
node, so reformatting the xml documents isn't an option.

I've shown below my code, really simple, nothing fancy. This code will
work, however if you change <Groups> to <Groups RECORD_COUNT="2"> then the
program will fall over at the DataGrid1.DataBind line with the exception
message of "A field or property with the name 'DESCRIPTION' was not found on
the selected datasource. "
Does anyone know how to solve this without having to do any XSLT or other
language?

Keith.

--- CODE ---

-- default.aspx --

<asp:DataGrid id="DataGrid1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
<Columns>
<asp:BoundColumn DataField="DESCRIPTION"></asp:BoundColumn>
</Columns>
</asp:DataGrid>

-- default.aspx.vb --
Dim dsProducts As New DataSet

dsProducts.ReadXml(Server.MapPath("xTest.xml"))

DataGrid1.DataSource = dsProducts

DataGrid1.DataBind()

---XML FILE---

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!-- <Groups RECORD_COUNT="2"> -->

<Groups>

<GROUP>

<CODE>1234</CODE>

<DESCRIPTION>First Code Description</DESCRIPTION>

<GROUP_RECNUM>4321</GROUP_RECNUM>

</GROUP>

<GROUP>

<CODE>5678</CODE>

<DESCRIPTION>Second Code Description</DESCRIPTION>

<GROUP_RECNUM>8765</GROUP_RECNUM>

</GROUP>
</Groups>