>my XML looks like:
>
><root xmlns="tempuri.org">
> <result xmlns="">
> <date>2006-09-14</date>
> <status>ok</status>
> </result>
></root>
>
>How do I query the status node using .NET 2.0 and XPath?
>
>The only way I found is using local-name():
>
>strState =
>xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("//*[local-name()='status']").InnerText;
>
>Is there another way?

> * olympus_mons@gmx.de wrote in microsoft.public.dotnet.xml:
> >my XML looks like:
> >
> ><root xmlns=3D"tempuri.org">
> > <result xmlns=3D"">
> > <date>2006-09-14</date>
> > <status>ok</status>
> > </result>
> ></root>
> >
> >How do I query the status node using .NET 2.0 and XPath?
> >
> >The only way I found is using local-name():
> >
> >strState =3D
> >xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("//*[local-name()=3D'status']").InnerText;
> >
> >Is there another way?
>
> You can setup an XmlNamespaceManager as explained in the MSDN docs, and
> generally it would be better to use "/root/result/status" instead of the
> more complex expression you are using.
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olympus_mons@gmx.de wrote:

> <root xmlns="tempuri.org">
> <result xmlns="">
> <date>2006-09-14</date>
> <status>ok</status>
> </result>
> </root>
>
> How do I query the status node using .NET 2.0 and XPath?
>
> The only way I found is using local-name():
>
> strState =
> xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("//*[local-name()='status']").InnerText;