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I have an xml document with a similar schema as below. 
 
&lt;A&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;B&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;C&gt;data&lt;/C&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;C&gt;data&lt;/C&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;/B&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;B&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;C&gt;data&lt;/C&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;C&gt;data&lt;/C&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;C&gt;data&lt;/C&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;/B&gt; 
&lt;/A&gt; 
 
I have a routine that reads the file and parses the data from it to an SQL DB which works perfectly. &nbsp;However, I have a need to count the number of unique &quot;C&quot; elements in the document. &nbsp;Currently I add the elements to a counter as I enumerate through the document but I would really like to do this at the beginning before I start the main routine. &nbsp;Is there a method in VB.net that allows me to do this using the xmldocument? 
 
 
 

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I have an xml document with a similar schema as below. 

<A>
 
 <C>data</C>
 <C>data</C>
 
 
 <C>data</C>
 <C>data</C>
 <C>data</C>
 
</A>

I have a routine that reads the file and parses the data from it to an SQL DB which works perfectly. However, I have a need to count the number of unique "C" elements in the document. Currently I add the elements to a counter as I enumerate through the document but I would really like to do this at the beginning before I start the main routine. Is there a method in VB.net that allows me to do this using the xmldocument?

Count specific nodes in an xml document

I have an xml document with a similar schema as below. 

&lt;A&gt;
     &lt;B&gt;
         &lt;C&gt;data&lt;/C&gt;
         &lt;C&gt;data&lt;/C&gt;
     &lt;/B&gt;
     &lt;B&gt;
         &lt;C&gt;data&lt;/C&gt;
         &lt;C&gt;data&lt;/C&gt;
         &lt;C&gt;data&lt;/C&gt;
     &lt;/B&gt;
&lt;/A&gt;

I have a routine that reads the file and parses the data from it to an SQL DB which works perfectly.  However, I have a need to count the number of unique &quot;C&quot; elements in the document.  Currently I add the elements to a counter as I enumerate through the document but I would really like to do this at the beginning before I start the main routine.  Is there a method in VB.net that allows me to do this using the xmldocument?





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