Question : Why do I have trouble using linq on XML with namespaces?

Hello,

I have a class that parses XML from a string and sets the values from the XML to the class properties. I can parse an XML string fine except when a tag has a namespace attribute (xmlns). When I have the namespace included I get an index out of range error on the .ElementAt(0).

An exmaple of _responseXML is

<NetConnectResponse xmlns="http://www.experian.com/NetConnectResponse">
<CompletionCode>0000</CompletionCode>
<ReferenceId></ReferenceId>
<Products xmlns="http://www.experian.com/ARFResponse">
<CreditProfile>
<Header>
<ReportDate>08222010</ReportDate>
<ReportTime>161300</ReportTime>
<Preamble>TCA5</Preamble>
<ARFVersion>07</ARFVersion>
</Header>
...
...

Thanks for the help!
-gtar

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//load response into XDoc
        xdoc = XDocument.Parse(_responseXML);

 
       //create assimble reportDateTime
        var header = from h in xdoc.Descendants("Header")
                     select new
                     {
                         ReportDate = h.Element("ReportDate").Value,
                         ReportTime = h.Element("ReportTime").Value
                     };

        //set linq vars to local vars
        string rawDate = header.ElementAt(0).ReportDate;
        string rawTime = header.ElementAt(0).ReportTime;

Question : Why do I have trouble using linq on XML with namespaces?

Answer : Why do I have trouble using linq on XML with namespaces?

Here is Microsoft's article on using XML namespaces with LINQ: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb669152.aspx