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12.1 How To Write The Data From Database Into An XML File?

The document discusses several ways to work with XML data in .NET: 1) Write data from a database to an XML file using DataSet.WriteXml. 2) Read data from an XML file and display it in a DataGrid by loading the file into a DataSet using DataSet.ReadXml. 3) Similarly load an XML file into a DataSet using FileStream and DataSet.ReadXml to display the data. 4) Save an XML string to an XML document file using XmlDocument, XmlTextWriter, and XmlDocument.Save.

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12.1 How To Write The Data From Database Into An XML File?

The document discusses several ways to work with XML data in .NET: 1) Write data from a database to an XML file using DataSet.WriteXml. 2) Read data from an XML file and display it in a DataGrid by loading the file into a DataSet using DataSet.ReadXml. 3) Similarly load an XML file into a DataSet using FileStream and DataSet.ReadXml to display the data. 4) Save an XML string to an XML document file using XmlDocument, XmlTextWriter, and XmlDocument.Save.

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12.1 How to write the data from database into an XML file?

VB.NET

'Fill the DataSet


ds.WriteXml(Server.MapPath ("products.xml" ) )

C#

//Fill the DataSet


ds.WriteXml(Server.MapPath ("products.xml" ) );

Note : Make sure you have write and modify rights.

12.2 How to read data from an XML file and display it in a DataGrid?

VB.NET

dim ds as new DataSet()


ds.ReadXml (Server.MapPath ("products.xml"))
DataGrid1.DataSource =ds
DataGrid1.DataBind()

C#

DataSet ds= new DataSet ();


ds.ReadXml (Server.MapPath ("products.xml"));
DataGrid1.DataSource =ds;
DataGrid1.DataBind();

12.3 How to read data from the XML file using FileStream and display it
in a DataGrid?

Use namespace System.IO

VB.NET

dim ds as new DataSet()


dim fs as FileStream = new FileStream (Server.MapPath ("products.xml"),FileMode.Open , FileAccess.Read )
ds.ReadXml (fs)
DataGrid1.DataSource = ds
DataGrid1.DataBind ()

C#

DataSet ds= new DataSet ();


FileStream fs = new FileStream (Server.MapPath ("products.xml"),FileMode.Open , FileAccess.Read );
ds.ReadXml (fs);
DataGrid1.DataSource = ds;
DataGrid1.DataBind ();

12.4 How to save an xml-string into an Xml document?

VB.NET

Dim xmlText As String = "<?xml version=""1.0""?> Node1 Node2 "


Dim xmlDoc As New XmlDocument
xmlDoc.LoadXml(xmlText)
Dim writer As XmlTextWriter = New XmlTextWriter(Server.MapPath("data.xml"), Nothing)
writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented
xmlDoc.Save(writer)

C#

string xmlText = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?> Node1 Node2 ";


XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.LoadXml(xmlText);
XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(Server.MapPath("data.xml"),null);
writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
xmlDoc.Save(writer);

12.5 How to use the <asp:xml> tag?

<asp:Xml id="Xml1" DocumentSource="products.xml" runat="server"></asp:Xml>

12.6 How to display the Attribute values in an XML Document in a


DataGrid?
products.xml

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>


<NewDataSet>
<Product>
<ProductID pcode="P2">2</ProductID>
<ProductName>Chang</ProductName>
<SupplierID>1</SupplierID>
<CategoryID>1</CategoryID>
<QuantityPerUnit>24 - 12 oz bottles</QuantityPerUnit>
</Product>
<Product>
<ProductID pcode="P4">3</ProductID>
<ProductName>Aniseed Syrup</ProductName>
<SupplierID>1</SupplierID>
<CategoryID>2</CategoryID>
<QuantityPerUnit>12 - 550 ml bottles</QuantityPerUnit>
</Product>
</NewDataSet>

Use Namespace System.Xml

VB.NET

<asp:DataGrid id="DataGrid1" AutoGenerateColumns="False" runat="server">


<Columns>
<asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="ProductCode">
<ItemTemplate>
<%#CType(Container.DataItem, System.Xml.XmlNode).Attributes("pcode").value%>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateColumn>
</Columns>
</asp:DataGrid>

dim xmldoc as XmlDocument = new XmlDocument()


xmldoc.Load(Server.MapPath("products.xml"))
dim xmlnodes as XmlNodeList = xmldoc.SelectNodes("NewDataSet/Product/ProductID")
DataGrid1.DataSource = xmlnodes
DataGrid1.DataBind ()

C#

<asp:DataGrid id="DataGrid1" AutoGenerateColumns="False" runat="server">


<Columns>
<asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText ="ProductCode">
<ItemTemplate>
<%# ((System.Xml.XmlNode)Container.DataItem).Attributes["pcode"].Value %>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateColumn>
</Columns>
</asp:DataGrid>

XmlDocument xmldoc = new XmlDocument();


xmldoc.Load(Server.MapPath("products.xml"));
XmlNodeList xmlnodes = xmldoc.SelectNodes("NewDataSet/Product/ProductID");
DataGrid1.DataSource = xmlnodes;
DataGrid1.DataBind ();

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