Using XML as a data source

[Rafone]

Been searching eveything I know to search and cant find anything specific enough. Is there a way to make an XML file into a data source so I can take advantage of the Data-Aware capibilities in Visual Studio 2008. I would like to use the Data Source and Data Navigator to develop a simple data entry form that had 6 data bound textboxs and a child DataGridView with the ability to add, delete and modify some small(300-500 items) xml files. In other words use the XML files like I would use SQL server. Thanks in advance for any comments or suggestions and links to any examples would be helpful. rafone

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[Henry Minute]

Well sort of. I do not know of a way to do this directly, although there may be one. However, the DataSet class has a ReadXml method as, I believe, does the DataTable class. Obviously they both also have WriteXml methods too. So you can create a DataSet, or DataTable, in memory and read the XML into it. From then on it is just like using SQL Server. If you Google/Bing for dataset.readxml you will find loads of examples.

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[Rafone]

Thanks Henry

Statistics are like bikini's... What they reveal is astonishing ... But what they hide is vital ...

[Rafone]

Found this if anyone is intrested... Using XML as Database[^] rafone

Statistics are like bikini's... What they reveal is astonishing ... But what they hide is vital ...