LINQ-to-XML provides a SQL-like query experience for navigating, parsing, and aggregating data stored in XML documents.
LINQ-to-XML provides a SQL-like query experience for navigating, parsing, and aggregating data stored in XML documents.
Questions tagged [linq-to-xml]
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get line number for XElement here
XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load(file);
IEnumerable categories = xdoc.Descendants("Category");
foreach (XElement category in categories)
{
//get line number for element here...
}
user407665
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xml error: Non white space characters cannot be added to content
I am trying to open an xmldocument like this:
var doc = new XDocument("c:\\temp\\contacts.xml");
var reader = doc.CreateReader();
var namespaceManager = new XmlNamespaceManager(reader.NameTable);
namespaceManager.AddNamespace("g",…
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How to get attribute in the XDocument object
I have this xml
I want my code to able to do something like this
if (xdoc.getAttr("first")=="true")
Console.Write("first is true");
How do I do this with LINQ…
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XDocument.Descendants() versus DescendantNodes()
I've looked at Nodes() vs DescendantNodes() usages? to see the difference between .Nodes() and .DescendantNodes() but what is the difference between:
XDocument.Descendants() and XDocument.DescendantNodes()?
var xmlDoc =…
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How can I write xml with a namespace and prefix with XElement?
This may be a beginner xml question, but how can I generate an xml document that looks like the following?
test
another…
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Find Elements by Attribute using XDocument
This query seems to be valid, but I have 0 results.
IEnumerable users =
(from el in XMLDoc.Elements("Users")
where (string)el.Attribute("GUID") == userGUID.ToString()
select el);
My XML is as…
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How to convert XmlNode into XElement?
I have an old XmlNode-based code. but the simplest way to solve my current task is to use XElement and LINQ-to-XML. The only problem is that there is no direct or obvious method for converting a XmlNode to a XElement in .NET Framework.
So for…
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How do you create an indented XML string from an XDocument in c#?
I have an XDocument object and the ToString() method returns XML without any indentation. How do I create a string from this containing indented XML?
edit: I'm asking how to create an in memory string rather than writing out to a file.
edit: Looks…
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This operation would create an incorrectly structured document
I am new to XML and tried the following but I'm getting an exception. Can someone help me?
The exception is This operation would create an incorrectly structured document
My code:
string strPath = Server.MapPath("sample.xml");
XDocument doc;
if…
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How do I set namespace attributes on an XElement
I need to add the following attributes to an XElement:
Adding them as an…
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How to remove xmlns attribute of a node other than root in an XDocument?
Situation
I'm using XDocument to try and remove an xmlns="" attribute on the first inner node:
So what I want as a result…
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xml element name with colon
I'm working against a 3rd party xml api. They have defined a required xml structure similar to the following.
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How can I query an XDocument with a 'path'?
I would like to query an XDocument object for a given path, (e.g. "/path/to/element/I/want") but I don't know how to proceed.
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C# Linq to XML check if element exists
I have an XML document as follows:
"+447528349828"
"09/06/24
"Stop"
"+447528349828"
…
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C# XDocument Load with multiple roots
I have an XML file with no root. I cannot change this. I am trying to parse it, but XDocument.Load won't do it. I have tried to set ConformanceLevel.Fragment, but I still get an exception thrown. Does anyone have a solution to this?
I tried with…
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