Is there a way to retrieve elements using only local names in a Linq-to-XML query?

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Lets assume we have this xml: ``` ``` To retrieve RegistryErrorList element, we can do ``` XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(); XNamespace ns = "urn:oasis:names:tc:ebxml-regrep:xsd:rs:3.0"; XElement errorList = doc.Root.Elements( ns + "RegistryErrorList").SingleOrDefault(); ``` but not like this ``` XElement errorList = doc.Root.Elements("RegistryErrorList").SingleOrDefault(); ``` Is there a way to do the query without the namespace of the element. Basicly is there som…

Accepted Answer

```
var q = from x in doc.Root.Elements()
        where x.Name.LocalName=="RegistryErrorList"
        select x;

var errorList = q.SingleOrDefault();
```

Is there a way to retrieve elements using only local names in a Linq-to-XML query?

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