xpath for children

[helpful sql]

Hi all,
Following is a part of an Xml document I am having problems with. I have
a XmlNode variable in my C# application that referes to the mytable node of
the following Xml. Now I need to get all children of mytable node from the
ns0 namespace(myfield1 and myfield2 in this case) using the XmlNode object.
I need a help with Xpath query to achieve this.

Do you think the following statement would work?
mytablenode.SelectNodes("descendant::ns0:*",myname spacemanager);

<ns0:mydataset>
<ns0:mytable>
<w:p>
<ns0:myfield1>value</ns0:myfield1>
</w:p>
<w:p>
<ns0:myfield2>value</ns0:myfield2>
</w:p>
</ns0:mytable>
</ns0:mydataset>
Thanks in advance.

[Martin Honnen]

helpful sql wrote:

Following is a part of an Xml document I am having problems with. I have
a XmlNode variable in my C# application that referes to the mytable node of
the following Xml. Now I need to get all children of mytable node from the
ns0 namespace(myfield1 and myfield2 in this case) using the XmlNode object.
I need a help with Xpath query to achieve this.

Do you think the following statement would work?
mytablenode.SelectNodes("descendant::ns0:*",myname spacemanager);
The expression is fine as long as the prefix ns0 is bound to the right
URI (e.g. you do
mynamespacemanager.Add("ns0", "namespaceURI")
before).
The shortcut notation for the XPath is
".//ns0:*"

<ns0:mydataset>
<ns0:mytable>
<w:p>
<ns0:myfield1>value</ns0:myfield1>
</w:p>
<w:p>
<ns0:myfield2>value</ns0:myfield2>
</w:p>
</ns0:mytable>
</ns0:mydataset>

Also note that your subject and your explanation says you are looking
for children of the mytable element but the XPath correctly looks for
descendant nodes (as that is what myfield1/myfield2 elements are.
--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
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