xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode keeps same value in foreach loop

I have had an issue when looping through xml child nodes.

where using selector in loop kept same value.

xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode 

Example
var listOfNodes = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("//elementSelector");

foreach (XmlNode node in listOfNodes)
{
            var myValue = node.SelectSingleNode(@"//elementSelector").InnerText
}

myValue for each iteration returns same value even though the node changes


Solution is to add '.'

currentVenue.SelectSingleNode(@".//venueName").InnerText;


Now why this is:

The '.' in selector means to select the current node.
Without it, searching starts from the document root, not current element.

Generate class from xml

Using XML Schema Definition Tool (Xsd.exe)

I needed to write code that maps data in xml to my cs file.
I know that that xsd can generate this.

Lets do it step by step.

Generate definition file


C:\test\1>xsd AttachFileHandler.xml
Microsoft (R) Xml Schemas/DataTypes support utility
[Microsoft (R) .NET Framework, Version 4.0.30319.17929]
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Writing file 'C:\test\1\AttachFileHandler.xsd'.

Generate class: 

c:\test\1>xsd /classes /language:CS AttachFileHandler.xsd
Microsoft (R) Xml Schemas/DataTypes support utility
[Microsoft (R) .NET Framework, Version 4.0.30319.17929]
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Writing file 'c:\test\1\AttachFileHandler.cs'.

Generate dataset

C:\test\1>xsd /dataset /language:CS AttachFileHandler.xsd
Microsoft (R) Xml Schemas/DataTypes support utility
[Microsoft (R) .NET Framework, Version 4.0.30319.17929]
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Writing file 'C:\test\1\AttachFileHandler.cs'.

 Final result


C:\test\1>dir

 Directory of C:\test\1

09/05/2013  12:11    <DIR>          .
09/05/2013  12:11    <DIR>          ..
09/05/2013  12:11           468,262 AttachFileHandler.cs
09/05/2013  12:05             2,746 AttachFileHandler.xml
09/05/2013  12:11             8,374 AttachFileHandler.xsd

Result => just extract of generated data

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// <auto-generated>
//     This code was generated by a tool.
//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.18034
//
//     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
//     the code is regenerated.
// </auto-generated>
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

using System.Xml.Serialization;

//
// This source code was auto-generated by xsd, Version=4.0.30319.17929.
//


/// <remarks/>
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "4.0.30319.17929")]
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType=true)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace="", IsNullable=false)]
public partial class Statistics {
    }



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