count(//IndividualMain) is a valid xpath but your example is not a well 
formed xml
<IndividualMain xmlns> 
is forbiden
it's
<IndividualMain xmlns=""> if xmlns is empty

You can't validate a xpath query with this xml

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My english is (very) rusted ,please , don''t hesitate to correct me
Thanks

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"Stephen" wrote:

> Guys 
> 
> I'm using Bizunit to test some web service calls and one of my validation 
> steps requires me to count the notes in an xml response. I can't seem to get 
> the correct syntax for this or am doing something wrong. Could someone please 
> help with this. So far I have tried the following and none have worked: -
> <XPathValidation query="count(//IndividualMain)">20</XPathValidation>
> <XPathValidation 
> query="count(//*[local-name()='IndividualMain'])">20</XPathValidation>
> 
> My xml looks like this:
> <IndividualMain xmlns>
>             <ID>1</ID>
>             <GivenName>Smyth, John</GivenName>
> </IndividualMain>
> <IndividualMain xmlns>
>             <ID>2</ID>
>             <GivenName>Jones, Paul</GivenName>
> </IndividualMain>
> 
> So I want to use an xpath query to count the IndividualMain nodes. 
> 
> Cheers
> Stephen