# Same Childnodes in XML?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/same-childnodes-in-xml/303048>\
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**Created:** [January 12, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/same-childnodes-in-xml/303048 "2010-01-12T22:59:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mini\_Master2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mini\_Master2000](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mini_Master2000)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/same-childnodes-in-xml/303048/1 "2010-01-12T22:59:43Z")

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This is a newbie question. Inside my XML file, I want to have multiple child nodes nested in a parent node. But when I try to trace out the multiple child nodes, I only get the first child node in the trace, despite using “@” wildcard. Is it because the childnodes are named the same?

```auto

<gallery>
<project>
      <desc>Description</desc>
      <image thumb="thumb01.jpg" full="full01.jpg"/>
      <image thumb="thumb02.jpg" full="full02.jpg"/>
</project>
</gallery>

```