Problem loading XML Document in C# .NET

[JustinLee]

Hi,
I have a small app that saves and loads data in XML format. Basically I have 2 methods. They each load data from a different XML documents. They both load data the same way. Everything works great except if I call method 1, then method 2, then method 1 again. When I call method 1 the second time, and the XmlDocument is loaded, it is missing a whole level of nodes. I put a break point on the XmlDocument right after the xmlDoc.Load() is called, and its not showing all the nodes that are in the document.

private void MethodOne()
{
   XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
   xmlDoc.Load("AllSongs.xml");
   XmlNodeList songs = xmlDoc.SelectNodes("Songs/Song");
   foreach (XmlNode node in songs)
   {     
      // create Song object and add to ArrayList             
   }
   //Display ArrayList of Songs
}

Method 2 is basically the same except it opens a different xml file. I can call method 1 many times and it works great. But once I call method 2, method 1 stops working. (The XmlNodeList "songs" above contains no nodes). "xmlDoc" only contains the first node. The actual file does not get altered. If I restart the app, Method 1 works correctly again, and loads all the nodes.

Any ideas?
Thanks

[Shashi Sadasivan]

Could you paste some code on how you call the 2 methods?

Also check if the second xml file that you are talking abt is a valid xml file.
i.e with corect tags and an xml definition