Use XPath to do a 'select' command
Imports System Imports System.Xml Imports System.Xml.Schema Imports System.IO Imports System.Data.SqlClient Imports System.Collections Imports System.Data Public Class MainClass Shared Sub Main() Dim XDoc As New XmlDocument() XDoc.Load("book.xml") Dim XNodes As XmlNodeList XNodes = XDoc.DocumentElement.SelectNodes( _ "//Book[starts-with(@Name, 'C#')]/Order") Console.WriteLine("Found {0} Nodes", XNodes.Count) Dim XNode As XmlNode For Each XNode In XNodes Console.WriteLine("Book {0} ordered {1} {2}", _ XNode.ParentNode.Attributes.GetNamedItem("Name").Value, _ XNode.Attributes.GetNamedItem("Quantity").Value, _ XNode.InnerText) Next End Sub End Class