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(Fastest Database /license Free) : XML Database Read XML File

The document describes how to use XML as a database to store and retrieve book data in ASP.NET. It shows code to load book data from an XML file into a GridView, as well as code to insert new book data into the XML file on a button click event. It also provides code to track the number of online users by incrementing and decrementing a variable in the Application state when sessions start and end.

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(Fastest Database /license Free) : XML Database Read XML File

The document describes how to use XML as a database to store and retrieve book data in ASP.NET. It shows code to load book data from an XML file into a GridView, as well as code to insert new book data into the XML file on a button click event. It also provides code to track the number of online users by incrementing and decrementing a variable in the Application state when sessions start and end.

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Naveen Soni
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XML Database (Fastest database /License free) Read XML File

Web Site Add New Item XML File In XML <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <books> <book> <id>1</id> <title>c#</title> <author>hj </author> </book> <book> <id>2</id> <title>vb</title> <author>hjk</author> </book> </books> In web Form Grid View protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { DataSet ds = new DataSet(); ds.ReadXml(MapPath("XMLFile.xml")); GridView1.DataSource = ds; GridView1.DataBind(); }

Insert in XML File


protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { XmlDocument xmldoc = new XmlDocument(); xmldoc.Load(Server.MapPath("XMLFile.xml ")); XmlElement parentelement = xmldoc.CreateElement("Book"); XmlElement ID = xmldoc.CreateElement("ID"); ID.InnerText = TextBox1.Text; XmlElement title = xmldoc.CreateElement("title"); title.InnerText = TextBox2.Text; XmlElement author= xmldoc.CreateElement("author"); author.InnerText = TextBox3.Text; parentelement.AppendChild(ID); parentelement.AppendChild(title); parentelement.AppendChild(author); xmldoc.DocumentElement.AppendChild(parentelement); xmldoc.Save(Server.MapPath("XMLFile.xml "));

Ajax Control(find out n. of online users)


Step 1: - first we need to add these lines to our global.asax file (if your website do not have it, create it by right-clicking on website in solution explorer, and choosing Add New Item > Global Application Class option) void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Code that runs on application startup Application["OnlineUsers"] = 0; } void Session_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Code that runs when a new session is started Application.Lock(); Application["OnlineUsers"] = (int)Application["OnlineUsers"] + 1; Application.UnLock(); } void Session_End(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Code that runs when a session ends. // Note: The Session_End event is raised only when the sessionstate mode // is set to InProc in the Web.config file. If session mode is set to StateServer // or SQLServer, the event is not raised. Application.Lock(); Application["OnlineUsers"] = (int)Application["OnlineUsers"] - 1; Application.UnLock(); } This will allow us that whenever some distant web visitor opens our website in his browser, and new session is created for him, our "OnlineUsers" variable in the global HttpApplicationState class instance is increased. Also when user closes his browser or does not click on any links in our website, session expires,

and our "OnlineUsers" global variable is decreased. To know more about ApplicationState and HttpApplicationState class visit this MSDN link: msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.httpapplicationstate(VS.80).aspx NOTE: we are using Application.Lock and Application.Unlock methods to prevent multiple threads from changing this variable at the same time. By calling Application.Lock we are receiving exclusive right to change the values in Application state. But we must not forget to call Application.Unlock() afterwards. Step 2: In order for this to work correctly we need to enable sessionstate and configure its mode to InProc value (in our web.config file): <system.web> <sessionState mode="InProc" cookieless="false" timeout="20" /> </system.web> In-process mode stores session state values and variables in memory on the local Web server. It is the only mode that supports the Session_OnEnd event that we used previously. Timeout value (in minutes, not in seconds) configures how long our sessions are kept 'alive' - in other words here we set how long our users can be inactive before considered Offline. In this example timeout is set to 20 minutes, so while our visitors click on some links in our website at least once in a 20 minutes, they are considered online. If they do not open any pages on our website longer than 20 minutes, they are considered Offline, and their session is destroyed, so our online visitor counter is decreased by 1. (You can experiment with lower or higher values of Timeout settings to see what is the best for your website). Ok, so now we are done with configuration steps, let us see how to use this: To show number of online visitors/users on your ASPX page you can use this code: Visitors online: <%= Application["OnlineUsers"].ToString() %>

Next you could put this code snippet in you UserControl, or inside Asp.Net AJAX UpdatePanel control, and use Timer to refresh it in regular intervals without refreshing the whole page, but that is another story

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