More Troubles with Linq to Xml

[Roshawn]

Hi,

I'm having a slight problem obtaining nodes from an xml file. Here's sample of what the
file looks like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ItemSearchResponse>
<OperationRequest>
<HTTPHeaders>
<Header Name="UserAgent" Value="Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US;
rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14">
</Header>
</HTTPHeaders>
</OperationRequest>
<Items>
<Item>
<ASIN>B000VFN934</ASIN>
<SmallImage>
<URL>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419iznuXv1L._SL75_.jpg</URL>
<Height Units="pixels">75</Height>
<Width Units="pixels">75</Width>
</SmallImage>
<ItemAttributes>
<ListPrice>
<Amount>21800</Amount>
<CurrencyCode>USD</CurrencyCode>
<FormattedPrice>$218.00</FormattedPrice>
</ListPrice>
<Title>Arturo Italian Leather Triple Compartment Tote</Title>
</ItemAttributes>
</Item>
<Item>
<ASIN>B001534CZA</ASIN>
<SmallImage>
<URL>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Nw9o2xGGL._SL75_.jpg</URL>
<Height Units="pixels">41</Height>
<Width Units="pixels">75</Width>
</SmallImage>
<ItemAttributes>
<ListPrice>
<Amount>3600</Amount>
<CurrencyCode>USD</CurrencyCode>
<FormattedPrice>$36.00</FormattedPrice>
</ListPrice>
<Title>La Regale Satin Beaded Shoulder Clutch</Title>
</ItemAttributes>
</Item>
<Item>
<ASIN>B000VFS7UY</ASIN>
<SmallImage>
<URL>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41B2pi7FRgL._SL75_.jpg</URL>
<Height Units="pixels">75</Height>
<Width Units="pixels">75</Width>
</SmallImage>
<ItemAttributes>
<ListPrice>
<Amount>3200</Amount>
<CurrencyCode>USD</CurrencyCode>
<FormattedPrice>$32.00</FormattedPrice>
</ListPrice>
<Title>La Regale Beaded Satin Flap Clutch</Title>
</ItemAttributes>
</Item>
<Item>
<ASIN>B000090LU3</ASIN>
<SmallImage>
<URL>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31BN7EGXaLL._SL75_.jpg</URL>
<Height Units="pixels">75</Height>
<Width Units="pixels">75</Width>
</SmallImage>
<ItemAttributes>
<Title>Fontanelli Heart Shape Italian Polished Leather Handbag</Title>
</ItemAttributes>
<OfferSummary>
<LowestNewPrice>
<Amount>21300</Amount>
<CurrencyCode>USD</CurrencyCode>
<FormattedPrice>$213.00</FormattedPrice>
</LowestNewPrice>
<TotalNew>1</TotalNew>
<TotalUsed>0</TotalUsed>
<TotalCollectible>0</TotalCollectible>
<TotalRefurbished>0</TotalRefurbished>
</OfferSummary>
<Offers>
<Offer>
<OfferListing>
<Price>
<Amount>21300</Amount>
<CurrencyCode>USD</CurrencyCode>
<FormattedPrice>$213.00</FormattedPrice>
</Price>
</OfferListing>
</Offer>
</Offers>
<Variations>
<!-- other nodes go here -->
</Variations>
</Item>
<Item>
<ASIN>B000PDE3CS</ASIN>
<SmallImage>
<URL>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41tb9PDh5aL._SL75_.jpg</URL>
<Height Units="pixels">75</Height>
<Width Units="pixels">75</Width>
</SmallImage>
<ItemAttributes>
<ListPrice>
<Amount>6000</Amount>
<CurrencyCode>USD</CurrencyCode>
<FormattedPrice>$60.00</FormattedPrice>
</ListPrice>
<Title>LimeNRoses Horseshoe Hobo</Title>
</ItemAttributes>
</Item>
<Item>
<ASIN>B0002ZBG3I</ASIN>
<SmallImage>
<URL>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41UND7lqF9L._SL75_.jpg</URL>
<Height Units="pixels">75</Height>
<Width Units="pixels">75</Width>
</SmallImage>
<ItemAttributes>
<Title>Fontanelli Black Stitched Soft Leather Tote</Title>
</ItemAttributes>
<OfferSummary>
<LowestNewPrice>
<Amount>39200</Amount>
<CurrencyCode>USD</CurrencyCode>
<FormattedPrice>$392.00</FormattedPrice>
</LowestNewPrice>
<TotalNew>1</TotalNew>
<TotalUsed>0</TotalUsed>
<TotalCollectible>0</TotalCollectible>
<TotalRefurbished>0</TotalRefurbished>
</OfferSummary>
<Offers>
<Offer>
<OfferListing>
<Price>
<Amount>39200</Amount>
<CurrencyCode>USD</CurrencyCode>
<FormattedPrice>$392.00</FormattedPrice>
</Price>
</OfferListing>
</Offer>
</Offers>
<Variations>
<Item>
<!-- other nodes go here -->
</Item>
</Variations>
</Item>
<!-- more Item Nodes go here -->
</Items>
</ItemSearchResponse>

I'm getting selected nodes from the file like this:

Dim responseDoc As XDocument = XDocument.Load("..\..\XMLFile1.xml")
Dim query = From nd In responseDoc...<Item_
Select New With { _
.ASIN = nd.<ASIN>.Value, _
.Image = nd.<SmallImage>.<URL>.Value, _
.Title = nd.<ItemAttributes>.<Title>.Value}
I want to ignore all Item nodes that are contained within the Variations node, but my code
doesn't do that. It gets all Item nodes regardless of where they are. How can I do this?

Thanks,
Roshawn

[Roshawn]

Hi guys and gals,

I think I solved my problem. By adding a Where clause (i.e. "Where
nd.Parent.Name.LocalName = "Item"), I was able to get my code to behave like I want it to.

Thanks for your consideration,
Roshawn :)