Delete all XML file Nodes

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How can i delete all nodes of a XML file?

i tried this code.But gives an stack overflow error.

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(path);
XmlNodeList nodes = doc.SelectNodes("//Setting[@name='File1']");
for (int i = nodes.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
{
    nodes[i].ParentNode.RemoveChild(nodes[i]);
}
doc.Save(path);

Posted 24-May-11 0:54am

RAJI @Codeproject

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Tarun.K.S 24-May-11 7:19am

Raji, can you show your xml please?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-May-11 15:51pm

Why?
Please see my solution... :-)
--SA

yesotaso 24-May-11 16:07pm

Haha, nodes[i].ParentNode.RemoveChild(nodes[i]); looks like trying "Seppuku" :P

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Timberbird · Answer 1 · 2011-05-24T01:15:00

Solution 1

Not exactly sure what are you trying to achieve... you could just call doc.RemoveAll() to remove all but root node (and attributes as well). If you need to delete everything, why not just delete/overwrite a file by path?

Posted 24-May-11 1:15am

Timberbird

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 2 · 2011-05-24T09:51:00

Solution 2

Here is what to do:

Use all your code shown in your question, then…
Call: doc = new XmlDocument();

Easy enough, isn't it? :-)

—SA

Posted 24-May-11 9:51am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Tarun.K.S 25-May-11 2:38am

I didn't get it.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-May-11 4:04am

OK. When you delete all nodes, the data of XMLDocument carries no useful information, so, just create a new one. Isn't it logical?
--SA

Tarun.K.S 25-May-11 8:27am

But OP isn't deleting all the nodes, only child nodes of a particular nodes.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-May-11 0:43am

I don't think so. Maybe the question is formulated incorrectly, but look -- it says ***all*** XML nodes. How else should I understand it? Don't look at sample code -- this is not an answer.
--SA