check for an node with attribe using XmlDocument.SelectSingleNode

[Guest]

i am trying to check if a node with an attribute of value XXX exist
(it possible that still there isnt any node with the name GameType)
what do i do wrong beacuse the next code isnt working :
XmlDocument.SelectSingleNode("GamesZone/GameType/[@Ref=" & GameTypeRef & "]")

thnaks in advance
peleg

 

[Teemu Keiski]

Hi,

this should be asked in xml group.

However, shouldn't the XPath be

GamesZone/GameType[@Ref=" & GameTypeRef & "]"

instead of

GamesZone/GameType/[@Ref=" & GameTypeRef & "]"

Note the omitting of the / between GameType and first [