Using Xpath With Default Namespace in C#

Question

I\'ve got an XML document with a default namespace. I\'m using a XPathNavigator to select a set of nodes using Xpath as follows:

XmlElement myXML = ...;           


        

Answer 1

In case the namespaces differ for outerelement and innerelement

XmlNamespaceManager manager = new XmlNamespaceManager(myXmlDocument.NameTable);
                            manager.AddNamespace("o", "namespaceforOuterElement");
                            manager.AddNamespace("i", "namespaceforInnerElement");
string xpath = @"/o:outerelement/i:innerelement"
// For single node value selection
XPathExpression xPathExpression = navigator.Compile(xpath );
string reportID = myXmlDocument.SelectSingleNode(xPathExpression.Expression, manager).InnerText;

// For multiple node selection
XmlNodeList myNodeList= myXmlDocument.SelectNodes(xpath, manager);