I am getting following error message. Error Message: The node to be inserted is from a different document context. The node to be inserted is from a different document context. This Error generally occur when you copy xml from different documents.
The node to be inserted is from a different document context. Error generally occur when you copy xml from different documents. Cause for error: Possible reason can be you are using AppendChild() incorrectly. Solutions: First import node using ImportNode method and then append it using AppendChild(). Following example imports node from xml document into another xml document. XmlDocument.ImportNode Method The following example imports a node from a second XML document into the original XML document. VB.Net Example Option Explicit Option Strict Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Xml Public Class Sample Public Shared Sub Main() 'Create the XmlDocument. Dim xdoc As New XmlDocument() 'Loading xml from string xdoc.LoadXml("<employee><emp category='Manager'><name>Steve</name></emp></employee>") 'Create another XmlDocument and loading xml from file Dim xdocEmp As New XmlDocument() xdocEmp.Load("emp.xml") 'Import the last node Dim newEmp As XmlNode = xdoc.ImportNode(xdocEmp.DocumentElement.LastChild, True) ' Appending Child xdoc.DocumentElement.AppendChild(newEmp) xdoc.Save(Console.Out) End Sub End Class C# Example using System; using System.IO; using System.Xml; public class Sample { public static void Main() { //Create the XmlDocument. XmlDocument xdoc = new XmlDocument(); xdoc.LoadXml("<employee><emp category='Manager'><name>Steve</name></emp></employee>"); //Create another XmlDocument and loading xml from file XmlDocument xdocEmp = new XmlDocument(); xdocEmp.Load("emp.xml"); //Import the last node XmlNode newEmp = xdoc.ImportNode(xdocEmp.DocumentElement.LastChild, true); //Appending Child xdoc.DocumentElement.AppendChild(newEmp); xdoc.Save(Console.Out); } } Version: ASP.net 1.x