Question

<Root xmlns="http://tempuri.org/DataSourceSchemaConfig.xsd">
 <Node>
  <Name>Peter</Name>
 </Node>
 <Node>
  <Name>John</Name>
 </Node>
</Root>

How do I get List of Names?

I’ve was trying this, but it doesn’t work, where is my mistake?

            var lists = from node in nodes.Descendants()
                        where node.Name.LocalName.Equals("Node")
                        select node.Elements("Name").First().Value;

L.B SOLUTION WORKS ONLY IF I REMOVE xmlns=”http://tempuri.org/DataSourceSchemaConfig.xsd” from my ROOT tag.

Answer 1

 XDocument xDoc = XDocument.Load(....);
 var names = xDoc.Descendants("Name").Select(x => x.Value);

–EDIT–

XDocument xDoc = XDocument.Load(....);
XNamespace ns = XNamespace.Get("http://tempuri.org/DataSourceSchemaConfig.xsd");
var names = xDoc.Descendants(ns+"Name").Select(x => x.Value);