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User13839404
User13839404

Reputation: 1813

How to update XML File using Linq to XML?

XML File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Section xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" name="Information Section">
  <ID></ID>
  <alternateID />
  <familyName></familyName>
  <givenName></givenName>
  <birthDate></birthDate>
  <age></age>
  <height />
  <weight />
  <sex></sex>
  <Address>
    <street1 />
    <street2 />
    <city />
    <state />
    <zipCode />
    <country />
  </Address>
</Section>

I have this empty xml template. I am wondering to how to update / insert value in the elements of this xml using LInq?

Thats what I am trying... needs direction...

 var Doc = XDocument.Load("Info.xml");
    var items = from i in Doc.Descendants("Section")
                select new
                {
                  ID = p.Element("ID").Value
                }
    foreach (var item in items)
          item.id = "VALUE"
??????

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4802

Answers (1)

Henk Holterman
Henk Holterman

Reputation: 273244

You are currently creating a list of anonymous type objects with 

 from i in Doc.Descendants("Section")
 select new { ... }

Instead, create a list of elements to update:

var items = from i in Doc.Descendants("Section")
     select i;

foreach (var item in items)
{
   item.Element("ID").Value = "VALUE";
   item.Element("Foo").Value = "Foo";
}
Doc.Save(...);

Note that XML is case-sensitive.

Upvotes: 3

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