<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="Search" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head runat="server"> <title>Untitled Page</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <div> <asp:Literal id="XmlText" runat="server"></asp:Literal> </div> </form> </body> </html> File: Default.aspx.cs using System; using System.Data; using System.Configuration; using System.Collections; using System.Web; using System.Web.Security; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts; using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls; using System.Xml; using System.Text; public partial class Search : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { string xmlFile = Server.MapPath("Data.xml"); XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument(); doc.Load(xmlFile); StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder(); XmlNodeList nodes = doc.GetElementsByTagName("Title"); foreach (XmlNode node in nodes) { str.Append("Found: <b>"); string name = node.ChildNodes[0].Value; str.Append(name); str.Append("</b><br>"); if (name == "star 1") { XmlNode parent = node.ParentNode; XmlNodeList childNodes = ((XmlElement)parent).GetElementsByTagName("Star"); foreach (XmlNode childNode in childNodes) { str.Append("Found Star: "); str.Append(childNode.ChildNodes[0].Value); str.Append("<br>"); } } } XmlText.Text = str.ToString(); } } File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <DvdList> <DVD ID="1" Category="Category 1"> <Title>title 1</Title> <Director>directory 2</Director> <Price>1</Price> <Starring> <Star>star 1</Star> <Star>star 2</Star> </Starring> </DVD> </DvdList>