>>>>Here's my query:
>>>>

>>>>            var query = from m in _AdministrativeTabMappings.Elements("Mappings").Elements("Mapping")
>>>>                        where m.Attribute("Page").Value == page
>>>>                        select m;
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>Query always returns a NullReferenceException. This works without the where clause. Page is a variable which I confirmed equals "bonds/administrator/AdministratorHome.aspx".
>>>
>>>Page isn't an attribute, it's an element. An attribute would be something like:
>>>
>>>

>>><Page name="MyNameAttribute"Value</Page
>>>

>>>
>>>I can't test this, but maybe something like this would work?
>>>
>>>

>>>var query = from m in _AdministrativeTabMappings.Elements("Mappings").Decendants("Page")
>>>                        where m.Value == page
>>>                        select m;
>>>
>>>

>>
>>That returns one result like I would expect, but this code fails when I'm trying to get the value I want:
>>

>>            foreach (var item in query)
>>            {
>>                result = item.Element("Tab").Value;
>>            }
>>

>
>
>In comprehension syntax:
>
>

string result = ( from m in _AdministrativeTabMappings.Elements("Mapping")
> where m.Element("Page").Value == page
> select m).Single().Element("Tab").Value;

>
>In method syntax:
>
>

>string result = 
>   _AdministrativeTabMappings.Elements("Mapping")
>   .Where( m => m.Element("Page").Value == page )
>   .Single()
>   .Element("Tab").Value;
>

Cetin

thanks!