Help with XPathExpression, please.

[gajba]

Hi, from an XML beginner..

I have an XML like the one below:

<root>
<vendor name="Microsoft">
<!-- additional sub-tags and items -->
</vendor>
<vendor name="Sun">
<!-- additional sub-tags and items -->
</vendor>
<vendor name="Borland">
<!-- additional sub-tags and items -->
</vendor>
</root>

Now, what's the correct XPathExpression to select only one vendor, let's say
Microsoft (in the code below)...?

XPathDocument Doc = new XPathDocument(XMLLocation);
XPathNavigator nav = Doc.CreateNavigator();
XPathNodeIterator ni = nav.Select(??? XPathExpression ???);

Thanks.

[Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]]

gajba wrote:

I have an XML like the one below:

<root>
<vendor name="Microsoft">
<!-- additional sub-tags and items -->
</vendor>
<vendor name="Sun">
<!-- additional sub-tags and items -->
</vendor>
<vendor name="Borland">
<!-- additional sub-tags and items -->
</vendor>
</root>

Now, what's the correct XPathExpression to select only one vendor, let's say
Microsoft (in the code below)...?

To select first one use
/root/vendor[1]
To select Microsoft use
/root/vendor[@name='Microsoft']
etc.

--
Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP]
http://blog.tkachenko.com

[gajba]

Oleg,

Greatm thanks!
"Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]" <oleg@NO!SPAM!PLEASEtkachenko.com> wrote in message
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gajba wrote:

I have an XML like the one below:

<root>
<vendor name="Microsoft">
<!-- additional sub-tags and items -->
</vendor>
<vendor name="Sun">
<!-- additional sub-tags and items -->
</vendor>
<vendor name="Borland">
<!-- additional sub-tags and items -->
</vendor>
</root>

Now, what's the correct XPathExpression to select only one vendor, let's say Microsoft (in the code below)...?

To select first one use
/root/vendor[1]
To select Microsoft use
/root/vendor[@name='Microsoft']
etc.

--
Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP]
http://blog.tkachenko.com

[gajba]

Oleg, ... and I thought I would know what do next. Please, another
question:

If sub nodes of vendor "Microsoft" look like

<vendor name="Microsoft">
<NodeA>ValueA</NodeA>
<NodeB>ValueB</NodeB>
<NodeC>ValueC</NodeC>
</vendor>

How do I collect ValueA, ValueB and ValueC?

[gajba]

Solved!
"gajba" <ss************@sf.hr> wrote in message
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Oleg, ... and I thought I would know what do next. Please, another
question:

If sub nodes of vendor "Microsoft" look like

<vendor name="Microsoft">
<NodeA>ValueA</NodeA>
<NodeB>ValueB</NodeB>
<NodeC>ValueC</NodeC>
</vendor>

How do I collect ValueA, ValueB and ValueC?