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Asked: 2026-05-21T14:42:55+00:00

I have this simple XML: <?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8 standalone=yes?> <DocumentElement> <Schedule> <CATEGORY>FAMILY</CATEGORY> <LOCATIONS>119</LOCATIONS> </Schedule>

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I have this simple XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<DocumentElement>
  <Schedule>
    <CATEGORY>FAMILY</CATEGORY>
    <LOCATIONS>119</LOCATIONS>
  </Schedule>
  <Schedule>
    <CATEGORY>ADULTS</CATEGORY>
    <LOCATIONS>314</LOCATIONS>
  </Schedule>
</DocumentElement>
</xml>

I am binding it to a GridView through a XmlDataSource. I need to select elements having Category=Family. I set XmlDataSource.XPath to these expressions but they return no results:

/DocumentElement/Schedule[CATEGORY = 'FAMILY']
/DocumentElement/Schedule/CATEGORY[. = 'FAMILY']

What am I doing wrong? Do you know of useful documentation with examples? I really tried to find one but could not. Really appreciate the help.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Your xml should not be enclosed in an xml element. Remove the </xml> from the end.

    With that you should have valid xml and this should select the Schedule element with a category element whose value = Family:

    /DocumentElement/Schedule[CATEGORY = "FAMILY"]

    A good source of examples can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms256086.aspx

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