LINQ to XML query returning no results

I'm doing some XLINQ in VB for work. I basically need to pull some values from a small chunk of XML as listed here:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <Fields>
    <typeQtyRadioButtonList>1</typeQtyRadioButtonList>
    <cmbQtyCheck>Reject</cmbQtyCheck>
    <optHaulierDetCheck>1</optHaulierDetCh开发者_如何学运维eck>
    <txtReasonCode>1</txtReasonCode>
    <optGenMod>0</optGenMod>
    <optFarmRestrictions>0</optFarmRestrictions>
    <cmbFRAction>Reject</cmbFRAction>
    <optDisease>0</optDisease>
    <txtDReasonCode>2</txtDReasonCode>
    <optWithdrawl>0</optWithdrawl>
    <txtWithdrawl>3</txtWithdrawl>
    <optABM>0</optABM>
    <txtCompliance>3</txtCompliance>
    <optForm>1</optForm>
  </Fields>

And to do this I am using:

    Dim _ControlValueCollections = From _ControlValueCollection In _Xmlx.Descendants("Fields") _
                                  Select _Qstn1Response = _ControlValueCollection.Element("typeQtyRadioButtonList").Value, _
                                         _Qstn2Response = _ControlValueCollection.Element("optHaulierDetCheck").Value, _
                                         _Qstn3Response = _ControlValueCollection.Element("optGenMod").Value, _
                                         _Qstn4Response = _ControlValueCollection.Element("optFarmRestrictions").Value, _
                                         _Qstn5Response = _ControlValueCollection.Element("optDisease").Value, _
                                         _Qstn6Response = _ControlValueCollection.Element("optWithdrawl").Value, _
                                         _Qstn7Response = _ControlValueCollection.Element("optABM").Value, _
                                         _Qstn8Response = _ControlValueCollection.Element("optForm").Value

    For Each _ControlValueCollection In _ControlValueCollections

... Leaving out the implementation of the For Each loop....

So I have stuck a break point on the for each and the collection has no elements in it. Am I missing something ?

EDIT: The Answer was of course that I was using an XElement and not an XDocument.

_Xmlx.Descendants("Fields") looks for descendant elements named Fields of the XContainer _Xmlx. If you have done XDocument _Xmlx = XDocument("input.xml"); then your XContainer _Xmlx has a sole descendant element named Fields and your code would work. If you have done XElement _Xmlx = XElement.Load("input.xml"); then the variable _Xmlx is the "Fields" element itself.