Question

I have the following code:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    XElement xml = XElement.Load(Server.MapPath("ArenasMembers.xml"));

    var query = from p in xml.Descendants("members")
                select new
                {
                    Name = p.Element("name").Value,
                    Email = p.Attribute("email").Value
                };

    foreach (var member in query)
    {
        Response.Write("Employee: " + member.Name + " " + member.Email + "<br />");
    }
}

Which, using the hover information in Visual Studio, is reading the XNL file in correctly, however the foreach is not outputting any of the records.

XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<members>
    <member>
        <arena>EAA Office</arena>
        <memberid>1</memberid>
        <name>Jane Doe</name>
        <email>[e-mail]</email>
    </member>
    <member>
        <arena>EAA Office</arena>
        <memberid>2</memberid>
        <name>John Bull</name>
        <email>[e-mail]</email>
    </member>
    <member>
        <arena>O2 Arena</arena>
        <memberid>3</memberid>
        <name>John Doe</name>
        <email>[e-mail]</email>
    </member>
    <member>
        <arena>O2 Arena</arena>
        <memberid>4</memberid>
        <name>Bernard Cribbins</name>
        <email>[e-mail]</email>
    </member>
    <member>
        <arena>Colourline Arena</arena>
        <memberid>5</memberid>
        <name>John Bon Jovi</name>
        <email>[e-mail]</email>
    </member>
    <member>
        <arena>NIA</arena>
        <memberid>6</memberid>
        <name>Rhianna</name>
        <email>[e-mail]</email>
    </member>
</members>

Can you see what is wrong?

Answer 1

Insted of “members” try “member”…

Descendants returns you all the child elements under given Element, in your code you are querying members with name and email, which wont work.

Sample Code:

 var query = from p in xml.Descendants("member")
                    select new
                    {
                        Name = p.Element("name").Value,
                        Email = p.Element("email").Value
                    };