asp.net - XML Property 'InnerText' is WriteOnly when trying to read attribute value -

i'm getting "property 'innertext' writeonly" error when trying read attribute value

here's xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <products>     <product id="11837">         <price currency="eur">75.29</price>         <properties>             <property name="brand">                 <value></value>             </property>     </properties> <variations/> </product> </products> 

to extract price do:

node.selectsinglenode("price").innertext 

which returns "75.29"

but when do:

node.attributes("id").innertext 

i error:

property 'innertext' writeonly

i don't see reason why it's write-only , don't know how can change can read value.

it's fact of implementation of xmlattribute supports writing innertext property. don't "change it" can read value - use value property:

gets or sets value of node.

alternatively, can access value via innertext if cast xmlattribute xmlnode (its base class).