How can I do simple subtraction in an XSLT. I want to read a few attribute values from an XML document, calculate their difference, and transform that value to an attribute in the XML output document. My original XML is, <Dates> <Birth Year="1966" /> <Current Year="2006" />...more >>

update/insert with microsoft.xml.xquery(.net2.0beta) can anyone provide an example of how to update/insert with microsoft.xml.xquery? ...more >>

I am trying to transform XML to XML using an XSLT in C#, but the root node of my XML is not being matched by the XSLT if it has an xmlns attribute. Am I handling my namespaces incorrectly? My C# code is, // Create an XSLT transform object XslTransform xslTransform = new XslTransform(); ...more >>

Expanding the audience (initially posted to microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.webservices): Are there any System.Xml.Serialization attributes or is there a way in the ASMX plumbing to publish (in XSD via WSDL) and enforce (in dispatch) the xsd:element attribute block="extension"? For examp...more >>

If I instantiate an XmlDocument object, the load a file through the Load method, is there a way, later on in execution, to easily determine if the XmlDocument object has changed from the original version loaded? I'd like to be able to check a condition to see if the document in memory has...more >>

I'm trying to deserialize my xml type as an array w/o a declared namespace, but none of the Serialization Attribute classes help. Where can I find info on how to build a deserializer that will create arrays?...more >>

I created the following code in my C# program but it's giving me error message at run time of : XML.XPATH.XPATHEXCEPTION : Namespace Manager or XSLTContext needed. This query has a prefix, variable or user defined function. Can someone see what I'm doing wrong? Thanks, Alpha private...more >>

Hi STAN, Stan: Thanks for your response to my previous post on reading a XSD file using your article in "https://blogs.msdn.com/stan_kitsis/archive/2005/08/06/448572.aspx". it works quite well but I have one problem.. I am not able to read a Complex Content.. Here is a portion of the XSD t...more >>

I need to create an XML file which is in a pre-defined format (All the tags are defined) from data extracted from a SQL Server database. The XML should be created in such a way that the tags should match the right data, for e.g. the XML will have a tag <AccountName></AccountName> and the datat...more >>

Hi, I am using XmlDocument.WriteTo() and I find that the xml declaration is not included. at the moment I am doing this: XmlTextWriter xw = new XmlTextWriter(...); xw.WriteStartDocument(); doc.WriteTo(xw); Which works, but it seems a bit cludgy. is this the correct solution?...more >>

where does Microsoft.Xml.Xquery live? where does Microsoft.Xml.Xquery live? all i can find is a copy of it in the sample project: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvsdev05/html/vs05c5.asp but would like to know where Microsoft.Xml.Xquery should be obtained. ...more >>

Hi, I have a web server application (C#) which I would like to speed up a little. I would appriciate a discussion of design principles for a specific optimization scenario described below. My web server process every request by building a XML structure containing both application data, data...more >>

Hi I am writing a procedure to load an excel file into an xml file that can be validated before loading it into a database via an api. At the moment I can read the excel file into a dataset very easily and save the xml using writexml but of course i get a format that doesnt match the schema...more >>

I've inherited some xml that doesn't have a namespace and doesn't have a reference to the schema. The schema doesn't have a targetNamespace attribute. I'm trying to build a test tool, in C#, which will send the xml to the server and then validate the response against the schema. When I try and...more >>

I have a class derived from XmlTextReader. It implements the following methods: public override void ReadEndElement() public override void ReadStartElement() public override string ReadString() public override bool Read() When the class is used to read a document, the Read override is call...more >>

Hey I have having a problem Deserializing a dataset. When I try to deserialize it (See below for my test code) I get the following exception {"Item has already been added. Key in dictionary: \"NextSyncPhase\" Key being added: \"NextSyncPhase\"" } But if I remove either msdata:NextSyncPh...more >>

Hi, I have 2 xml document the A and B, i want to to map some of the data from A to B using XSLT, but without creating a new XML Document. How can i do that? Thanks...more >>

It's been awhile since I've had to work with XML in VB.Net. Look at the following snippet: <Parameters> <Parameter>123</Parameter> <Parameter>456</Parameter> </Parameters> How do I find Parameter=123 and delete it? ...more >>

I need a little help getting an attribute added to my XML Doc. I am trying to interface with the FedEx web site and they have this in the root: <FDXTrackResult xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="FDXTrackRequest.xsd"> How do I get the noName...more >>

Hello, Let us say I have a schema file like this sample below. How would I using ..NET classes be able to read this XSD file and get all the values for each element, such as "name", "type", "minoccurs" etc.,? I would appreciate if somebody can help me with some sample code. Thanks for ...more >>

Hi, I am designing a database and wanted to document the design using XML/XSD. I have little experience of this and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to do it or useful links? Thanks In Advance Macca...more >>