>>I had tried to use a linq version withou success such as this.
>>

>>XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
>>doc.Load(Server.MapPath("/Xml/States.xml"));
>>
>>for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++)
>>{
>>this.cboState.Items.Add(new Telerik.Web.UI.RadComboBoxItem(doc.SelectNodes("/states/state[i]/name").ToString(), doc.SelectNodes("/states/state[i]/Id").ToString()));
>>}
>>

Don't like that. What if Texas pulls out of the union. :-} How about:

foreach (XmlElement x in doc.SelectNodes("/states/state"))
>            {
>                someComboBox.Items.Add(x.GetAttribute("Name"));
>            }

>When I use the code you show I get several errors on the syntax checker.
>>red line under f on from indicates Unknown method 'Select(?)' of System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(System.Xml.Linq.XElement)'
>>and on the state variables it indicates (range variable) TRow state is Unknown type of variable 'state'
>
>Just checked and the code worked for me with your first version of the states.xml (using attributes)
>Sounds as if maybe you don't have a reference to System.Linq in your usings....
>HTH

Hi Viv,

It took me a bit to figure out why the comment about Texas but now I see I had used 50 in my for count as a quick test. I suppose if that had worked I can only hope I would have remembered to do that different before accepting it. :-)

This last solution worked by referencing "Element.Attribute" which means it boils down to how the xml is constructed. Nodes versus attributes of a node. This is the first time I have tried to use Xml like this.
Thanks for your help. A bunch!
Tim