Paul wrote:
> I have some code that loads and queries the web config file in the
> design enviroment.
>
> This worked happily pre-VS2005 and indeed is still able to load the
> Xml into an XmlDocument object.
>
> I am also able to traverse it using DocumentElement, FirstChild etc.
>
> But if I attempt an XPath query to return a node I get a null.

"Paul" <paul.thomas@corpoflondon.gov.uk> wrote in message
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>I have some code that loads and queries the web config file in the
> design enviroment.
>
> This worked happily pre-VS2005 and indeed is still able to load the
> Xml into an XmlDocument object.
>
> I am also able to traverse it using DocumentElement, FirstChild etc.
>
> But if I attempt an XPath query to return a node I get a null.
>
> Is this a known bug anyone?

trizetto.com> wrote:
> "Paul" <paul.tho...@corpoflondon.gov.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:1177579917.200702.246690@t39g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>
> >I have some code that loads and queries the web config file in the
> > design enviroment.
>
> > This worked happily pre-VS2005 and indeed is still able to load the
> > Xml into an XmlDocument object.
>
> > I am also able to traverse it using DocumentElement, FirstChild etc.
>
> > But if I attempt an XPath query to return a node I get a null.
>
> > Is this a known bug anyone?
>
> What is your XPath query? Are you using namespaces correctly?
> --
>
> John Saunders [MVP]

"Paul" <paul.thomas@corpoflondon.gov.uk> wrote in message
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> On Apr 26, 6:43 pm, "John Saunders [MVP]" <john.saunders at
> trizetto.com> wrote:
>> "Paul" <paul.tho...@corpoflondon.gov.uk> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1177579917.200702.246690@t39g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> >I have some code that loads and queries the web config file in the
>> > design enviroment.
>>
>> > This worked happily pre-VS2005 and indeed is still able to load the
>> > Xml into an XmlDocument object.
>>
>> > I am also able to traverse it using DocumentElement, FirstChild etc.
>>
>> > But if I attempt an XPath query to return a node I get a null.
>>
>> > Is this a known bug anyone?
>>
>> What is your XPath query? Are you using namespaces correctly?
>> --
>>
>> John Saunders [MVP]
>
> John
>
> It is a webconfig file.
> The XPath is "//appSettings/add[@key='SQLConnectionString']"
>
> This did work, and if I take the Xml out into XmlSpy and copy the
> XPath I get the expected result.
>
> I should also add that NO xpath seems to work.

trizetto.com> wrote:
> "Paul" <paul.tho...@corpoflondon.gov.uk> wrote in message
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>
>
>
>
>
> > On Apr 26, 6:43 pm, "John Saunders [MVP]" <john.saunders at
> > trizetto.com> wrote:
> >> "Paul" <paul.tho...@corpoflondon.gov.uk> wrote in message
>
> >>news:1177579917.200702.246690@t39g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> >I have some code that loads and queries the web config file in the
> >> > design enviroment.
>
> >> > This worked happily pre-VS2005 and indeed is still able to load the
> >> > Xml into an XmlDocument object.
>
> >> > I am also able to traverse it using DocumentElement, FirstChild etc.
>
> >> > But if I attempt an XPath query to return a node I get a null.
>
> >> > Is this a known bug anyone?
>
> >> What is your XPath query? Are you using namespaces correctly?
> >> --
>
> >> John Saunders [MVP]
>
> > John
>
> > It is a webconfig file.
> > The XPath is "//appSettings/add[@key='SQLConnectionString']"
>
> > This did work, and if I take the Xml out into XmlSpy and copy the
> > XPath I get the expected result.
>
> > I should also add that NO xpath seems to work.
>
> Ok, you didn't answer my question about namespaces. Is there any chance that
> the <configuration> or <appSettings> elements have namespace definitions on
> them?
>
> As to debugging this, are you saying that "/configuration" doesn't work?
> "/*"?
>
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