xpath query problem

[rajasekharsiva]

hi all,
i am new to .net i have problem
i have an xml fille lik this:::

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<personal_info>
<personal_id ID="1">
<name first_name="rajasekhar" middle_name="siva" last_name="aluru" nick_name="sekhar" />
<gender value="Male" />
<group group_name="bestfriends" parent_group="Friends" />
</personal_id>
<personal_id ID="2">
<name first_name="kiran" middle_name="kumar" last_name="karanam" nick_name="kiran" />
<gender value="Male" />
<group group_name="xyz company" parent_group="Collegues" />
</personal_id>
</personal_info>


from this file how can select the only the parent_group which are not sub gruops. i.e first lebel parent groups.....

i have used following query .....
//group[@group_name != @parent_group]

i am getting the following result
bestfriends
collegues
friends

but i need oonly,

collegues
friends

please any one can guide me

[rajasekharsiva]

hi to all,

i am new to this forum and also new to xml too...

i have an xml query to select a list of values...

XmlNodeList nl=doc.SelectNodes("//group[@group_name='Friends']/@group_name")

it can select only the node having value as Friends

i want to generalize the query by substituting a variable in place of 'Friends'

how can i do .....
pls guide me

[ajayvaram]

hi to all,

i am new to this forum and also new to xml too...

i have an xml query to select a list of values...

XmlNodeList nl=doc.SelectNodes("//group[@group_name='Friends']/@group_name")

it can select only the node having value as Friends

i want to generalize the query by substituting a variable in place of 'Friends'

how can i do .....
pls guide me

Can u send full code,then it is to run and find exactly
..
Ajay

[ajayvaram]

hi all,
i am new to .net i have problem
i have an xml fille lik this:::

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<personal_info>
<personal_id ID="1">
<name first_name="rajasekhar" middle_name="siva" last_name="aluru" nick_name="sekhar" />
<gender value="Male" />
<group group_name="bestfriends" parent_group="Friends" />
</personal_id>
<personal_id ID="2">
<name first_name="kiran" middle_name="kumar" last_name="karanam" nick_name="kiran" />
<gender value="Male" />
<group group_name="xyz company" parent_group="Collegues" />
</personal_id>
</personal_info>


from this file how can select the only the parent_group which are not sub gruops. i.e first lebel parent groups.....

i have used following query .....
//group[@group_name != @parent_group]

i am getting the following result
bestfriends
collegues
friends

but i need oonly,

collegues
friends

please any one can guide me

Hi,
I've some db't is SelectNodes working for the abue xml query?
bye using SelectSingleNode,it giving result only one value..
so u send full logic code then, i can try in my system ..