Using XML TextReader with repeated elements

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I am just starting with XMLTextReader so apologies if the answer is obvious.

I am trying to extract attributes from an XML file, which appears to have the same element name wrapped within itself. This extract shows the problem:

<osgb:heightabovedatum xmlns:osgb="#unknown">
<osgb:heightabovedatum>13.1<osgb:heightabovedatum>
<osgb:accuracyofheightabovedatum>1.0<osgb:accuracyofheightabovedatum>
<osgb:heightabovedatum>

It reads the first "osgb:heightAboveDatum" which has no value, but then appears to skip the second line and so misses the value there. It reads the next line "osgb:accuracyOfHeightAboveDatum" OK presumably because it has a different element?

Any help appreciated!

The above XML didn't format correctly - it should be:

<osgb:heightAboveDatum>
<osgb:heightAboveDatum>13.1</osgb:heightAboveDatum>
<osgb:accuracyOfHeightAboveDatum>1.0m</osgb:accuracyOfHeightAboveDatum>
<osgb:heightAboveDatum>

I'm using XMLTextReader to get the data from each element and this is the code for the heightAboveDatum element:


If GMLReader.Name.ToString = "osgb:HeightAboveDatum" And GMLReader.NodeType <> XmlNodeType.EndElement Then
heightAboveDatum = Trim(GMLReader.ReadString())
End If

It's returning an empty string as I presume it's not reading the child node containing the data value.