Ooops. I seem to have stumbled into the wrong room. This is the ozMedicalComplications list, right?
;) On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > If there is one technology that drives me nuts every time I have to work >> with it, it's XML, XPATH and associated crapping XML Namespaces. >> Why does everything have to be so bloody painful. >> > > XML isn't as painful as most other current technologies, it's like a paper > cut with lemon juice spilt on it. Whereas trying to overcome security > barriers is like having a kidney stone, or trying to get a fresh checkout > of your solution to build is like a migraine, or trying to write a html5 > app is like a spinal prolapse. > > Linq to XML avoids XPATH, but whenever I have to got back to the old XML > model I have to lookup the XPATH syntax and how to add a namespace. > Albihari's C# nutshell book has a couple of pages of "reminders" on old XML > tricks which save a lot of time. > > Greg K >
