Question

xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<StudentList>
<student>
  <name>Ram</name>
  <Id>1</Id>
</student>

  <student>
  <name>Hari</name>
  <Id>2</Id>
</student>
  <student>
    <name>Gita</name>
    <Id>3</Id>
  </student>
  <student>
    <name>Sita</name>
    <Id>4</Id>
  </student>
</StudentList>

In page load:

XmlDocument XD = new XmlDocument();
        XD.Load(System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("XmlFile.xml"));
        XmlNodeList nodeListName = XD.GetElementsByTagName("student");
        foreach (XmlNode xNode in nodeListName)
        {
            foreach (XmlElement xelement in xNode)
            {
                PlaceHolder pshd = new PlaceHolder();
                LblDisplay.Text += xelement.FirstChild.Value + "   ";
                string Name += xelement.FirstChild.Value;
            }
            LblDisplay.Text += "<br/>";

        }

i want to catch only name from the above xml file but i get name and id both.How can i do it plz help.

Answer 1

XmlDocument xml = new XmlDocument();
xml.LoadXml(System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("XmlFile.xml")); 

XmlNodeList xnList = xml.SelectNodes("/StudentList/student");
foreach (XmlNode xn in xnList)
{
  string name= xn["name"].InnerText;
  string Id= xn["Id"].InnerText;   
}