Article ID: 301271
Article Last Modified on 3/29/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0
- Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
- Microsoft .NET Framework Class Libraries 1.0
- Microsoft .NET Framework Class Libraries 1.1
- Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2002 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q301271
SUMMARY
This document illustrates how to save relational data that is loaded into a DataSet class to a file as Extensible Markup Language (XML). This demonstrates the transition between relationally mapped data and XML data.
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Requirements
The following list outlines the recommended hardware, software, network infrastructure, and service packs that you will need:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, or Windows NT 4.0 Server
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
This article assumes that you are familiar with the following topics:
- XML terminology
- XML Schema Definition (XSD)
- Creating and reading an XML file
How to Save a DataSet as XML
- Open Visual Studio .NET.
- Create a new Visual Basic .NET Console Application. You can go directly to the complete code listing or continue through these steps to build the application.
Use the Imports statement on the Data and Data.SQLClient namespaces so that you are not required to qualify declarations within those namespaces later in your code. You must use the Imports statement prior to any other declarations.
Imports System.Data Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Create a function named GetTitleAuthors that retrieves data from the SQL Server Pubs database. This sample assumes that you have SQL Server (with the Pubs database) installed on a local computer. This sample also assumes that you are using Integrated Authentication.
Public Function GetTitleAuthors() As DataSet Dim MyConnection As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection("server=(local);database=pubs;Trusted_Connection=yes") Dim MyCommand1 As SqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter("select * from Authors", MyConnection) Dim MyCommand2 As SqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter("select * from Titles", MyConnection) Dim DS As New DataSet MyCommand1.Fill(DS, "Authors") MyCommand2.Fill(DS, "Titles") Return DS End Function
In the Main module of Module1, declare a new DataSet, and call the GetTitleAuthors function to retrieve the DataSet:
Dim m_SchemaFile As String m_SchemaFile = "testSchema.xml" Dim m_XmlFile As String m_XmlFile = "test.xml" Dim myDataSet as DataSet myDataSet = GetTitleAuthors
To write out the schema that this DataSet created, use the WriteXmlSchema method of the DataSet class:
myDataSet.WriteXmlSchema(m_SchemaFile)
To write out the contents of the DataSet as XML, use a file name to call the WriteXml method of the DataSet class:
myDataSet.WriteXml(m_XmlFile, XmlWriteMode.IgnoreSchema)
- Use the schema and the XML to re-create the dataset as necessary.
- Build your project.
- Make sure that the SQL Server is running.
- Run the project, and then test the client-to-server communication.
- Save and then close the project.
Complete Code Listing
Visual Basic .NET Code
Imports System.Data Imports System.Data.SqlClient Module Module1 Public Function GetTitleAuthors() As DataSet Dim MyConnection As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection("server=(local);database=pubs;Trusted_Connection=yes") Dim MyCommand1 As SqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter("select * from Authors", MyConnection) Dim MyCommand2 As SqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter("select * from Titles", MyConnection) Dim DS As New DataSet() MyCommand1.Fill(DS, "Authors") MyCommand2.Fill(DS, "Titles") Return DS End Function Sub Main() Dim m_SchemaFile As String m_SchemaFile = "testSchema.xml" Dim m_XmlFile As String m_XmlFile = "test.xml" Dim myDataSet As DataSet myDataSet = GetTitleAuthors() myDataSet.WriteXmlSchema(m_SchemaFile) myDataSet.WriteXml(m_XmlFile, XmlWriteMode.IgnoreSchema) End Sub End Module
REFERENCES
For more information about the DataSet class, see the "System.Data.DataSet" topic in the Microsoft .NET Framework Class Library documentation:
For more information, see the "XML and the DataSet" topic in the Microsoft .NET Framework Developer's Guide documentation:
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