Bob wrote:

> I have sitemap like XML, of which every element has an attribute "url", e.g.
>
> <record menu_id="240" name="Countries and States" url="Countries.aspx">
> <record2 page_id="54" url="CountriesEdit.aspx" />
> <record3 page_id="27" url="Regions.aspx">
> <record4 page_id="55" url="RegionsEdit.aspx" />
> </record3>
> </record>
>
> I need to compare whether a string value contains the url or not. If so,
> get the node. Here's my code:
>
> XmlNode n = xml.SelectSingleNode("//*[contains('" + myString + "', @url)]");
>
> This doesn't work. I know it works against the "record" node if the XPath
> is //record[......]. How can I make it to search every element node
> regardless of the name?

"Martin Honnen" <mahotrash@yahoo.de> wrote in message
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>
>
> Bob wrote:
>
> > I have sitemap like XML, of which every element has an attribute "url",
e.g.
> >
> > <record menu_id="240" name="Countries and States" url="Countries.aspx">
> > <record2 page_id="54" url="CountriesEdit.aspx" />
> > <record3 page_id="27" url="Regions.aspx">
> > <record4 page_id="55" url="RegionsEdit.aspx" />
> > </record3>
> > </record>
> >
> > I need to compare whether a string value contains the url or not. If
so,
> > get the node. Here's my code:
> >
> > XmlNode n = xml.SelectSingleNode("//*[contains('" + myString + "',
@url)]");
> >
> > This doesn't work. I know it works against the "record" node if the
XPath
> > is //record[......]. How can I make it to search every element node
> > regardless of the name?
>
> The code and the XPath expression look fine to me, here is a complete
> console example
>
> public static void Main (string[] args) {
> XmlDocument xmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
> xmlDocument.Load(@"test2005043001.xml");
> XmlNode node = xmlDocument.SelectSingleNode("//*[contains('" +
> args[0] + "', @url)]");
> if (node != null) {
> Console.WriteLine("Found node {0} with type {1}.", node,
> node.NodeType);
> }
> else {
> Console.WriteLine("No matching node found.");
> }
> }
>
> if you pass on the argument Regions.aspx on the command line for
> instance then the matching element node is found.
>
> --
>
> Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
> http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/