XmlNode.SelectSingleNode returns element outside current?

Question

my problem is like this. Let\'s say i have xml like this

  
    Value1
    

        

Answer 1

the problem here is the XPath expression you are using, try it without the '//'. Like that:

node.SelectSingleNode( "element3" );

Read more here .

Answer 2

The "//" is a global look up.

What you'll need to do is get a list of all children

XmlNodeList nodes = xmlDoc.SelectNodes("//Child");

loop through that list and do a

XmlNode node = nodes.SelectSingleNode("element3");

This will return null if it's not there, and will step through every child looking.

Answer 3

The XPath expression you have isn't what you want.

Replace it with this:

node.SelectSingleNode( "element3" ); 

And you'll get the result you're looking for.

Answer 4

The following work perfect when i want to run xpath on the specified node.

XmlNodeList nodes = xmlDoc.SelectNodes(".//Child");