Read XML file as DataSet

Question

I am inexperienced with parsing XML files, and I am saving line graph data to an xml file, so I did a little bit of research. According to this article, out of all the ways

Answer 1

If you want to use a DataSet, it is very simple.

// Here your xml file
string xmlFile = "Data.xml";

DataSet dataSet = new DataSet();
dataSet.ReadXml(xmlFile, XmlReadMode.InferSchema);

// Then display informations to test
foreach (DataTable table in dataSet.Tables)
{
    Console.WriteLine(table);
    for (int i = 0; i < table.Columns.Count; ++i)
        Console.Write("\t" + table.Columns[i].ColumnName.Substring(0, Math.Min(6, table.Columns[i].ColumnName.Length)));
    Console.WriteLine();
    foreach (var row in table.AsEnumerable())
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < table.Columns.Count; ++i)
        {
            Console.Write("\t" + row[i]);
        }
        Console.WriteLine();
    }
}

If you want something faster, you can try with XmlReader which read line after line. But it is a bit more difficult to develop. You can see it here : http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/cc189056(v=vs.95).aspx

Answer 2

Other simple method is using "ReadXml" inbuilt method.

string filePath = "D:\\Self Practice\\Sol1\\Sol1\\Information.xml";
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.ReadXml(filePath);

Note: XML file should be orderly manner.

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