Hey all, I've attempted to simplify my question (or at least the XML
that is part of my example in my question):

I have the following XML:
<A>
<B><C><D>
I want to query the data in this node for the element B
</D></C><E>
I also want to query the data in this node for the element B
</E>
</B>
<B><!--Additional data for another B element-->
</B>
</A>

My idea is to do something like this:
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Dim nav As XPathNavigator = doc.CreateNavigator()

Dim iterator As XPathNodeIterator

iterator = nav.Select("/A/B/C[D = '" + someVariable + "'] and /A/B[E =
'" + secondVar + "']")
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Initially, both D and E fell under the same node or tag - so I just
used the code below:
iterator = nav.Select("/A/B/C[D = '" + someVariable + "' and E = '" +
anotherVar + "']")

But now they are at different levels in the node hierarchy (as in the
above example).

Thanks for any suggestions,

Your question is still not clear. What node(s) do you expect to get back or
do you simply want to test that both those values exist under a particular B
element?

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Hey all, I'll try to make my question a little more clear

I have the following XML
<A><B><C><D
I want to query the data in this node for the element
</D></C><E
I also want to query the data in this node for the element
</E></B><B><!--Additional data for another B element--></B></A

Let's say I want to get all the B elements/nodes returned to me that have the following text in the D element
I want to query the data in this node for the element

AN

the following text in the E element
I also want to query the data in this node for the element

My idea is to do something like this
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Dim nav As XPathNavigator = doc.CreateNavigator(
Dim iterator As XPathNodeIterato
iterator = nav.Select("/A/B/C[D = '" + someVariable + "'] and /A/B[E = '" + secondVar + "']"
--------------------------------------------------
Initially, both D and E fell under the same node or tag - so I jus
used the code below
iterator = nav.Select("/A/B/C[D = '" + someVariable + "' and E = '" + anotherVar + "']"

But now they are at different levels in the node hierarchy (as in th
above example) and so the query immediately above will no longer work

Thanks

In actual fact, in the XML below
<A><B><C><D
I want to query the data in this node for the element
</D></C><C><D
I don't want this one
</D></C><E
I also want to query the data in this node for the element
</E></B><B><!--Additional data for another B element--></B></A

I will receive two query strings - one that is for element E and another that is for element D

If I find a match in element E (belonging to a B element), I would like to return all C elements in that B element that have a D element that matches. So in the example above, if I had the request for the text in node/element D
I want to query the data in this node for the element

and the request for the text in the node/element E
I also want to query the data in this node for the element

Then I would only return one C element
<C><D
I want to query the data in this node for the element
</D></C

However, I've tried to simplify my question and reduce my overall question to "how to make queries between different levels in the XML hierarchy"

Thanks