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Duplicate of the-character-hexadecimal-value-0x3a-cannot-be-included-in-a-name

fuwaneko
Hey thanks for the quick response but unfortunately i'm trying to get the value of the "Attribute" . I tried your sample.It didnt work thoh.Looks like it works only for XElements.
You can specify XNamespace for XAttribute as well. Can you show your code?
fuwaneko
fuwaneko,thanks for your input as well.I used the XNamespace and i was able to get the output.
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You should use provided support of namespaces in LINQ to XML. Look for XNamespace class.

DixonD