deleting an xml node

[reven]

im trying to delete a node, eg "/a/b/c/d" ie deleting the d child.

ive tried using
doc.RemoveChild(doc.SelectSingleNode("/a/b/c/d&quot) //error not achild
then tried:
XmlNode node = doc.SelectSingleNode("/a/b/c&quot)
node.RemoveChild(node.SelectSingleNode("/d&quot) //error not a child

so ive had to use
XmlNode baseNode = doc.SelectSingleNode("/a/b/c"
foreach(XmlNode node in baseNode.ChildNodes){
if(node.Name == "d&quot
baseNode.RemoveChild(node);
}
which works, but its not the best way to do things, slower, and i want to know what my stupid mistake is. anyone see it?

[KingArgyle]

Try something like:

Node root = inDocument.getElementsByTagName("client&quot.item(0);
root.parentNode.removeChild(root);

[reven]

ok the document has the getelementsbytagname method, which i assuem returns every tag that matchs the name as an array, i have mutliple instances of the "pin" tag (the one im trying to delete, just one of them). xmlfile is like so
<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE"><DirView>
<ELEMENT>
<ROOT/>
<PIN/>
<ELEMENT>
<ROOT/>
<PIN/>
</ELEMENT>
</DIRVIEWS>
[/QUOTE]
so each element has pin and a root, and also can have subelements, so if use doc.getelementsbytagname(&quot;PIN&quot = returns array, how do i know which position in the array i want, dont tell me its as easy as doing getelementsbyname(&quot;\DIRVIEW\ELEMENT\PIN&quot, cause i doubt its that.

[KingArgyle]

Node root = doc.SelectSingleNode(&quot;/a/b/c/d&quot;
root.ParentNode.removeChild(root);

That should get you what you want. Haven't tested this, but should work.

I believe your original problem was because you were trying to remove the node you had found from the Document level, instead of going back, to the parent node, and then removing it. Which is why when you get a list of all the nodes, and then identified the one you wanted, you were able to remove it, (You were at it's parent). You have to remove from the parent level.

[reven]

yup that did the trick, cheers KingArgyle, again