Murach's ADO.NET 2.0 with VB 2005
How to work with XML data

In this chapter, you'll learn the basics of how XML represents data and dataset schemas. Then, you'll learn three ways to work with XML data in a Windows Forms application. Finally, you'll learn how to use an XML data source to work with XML data in a web application.
Chapter 18 How to work with XML data
An introduction to XML 636
What XML is and how it is used 636
XML tags, declarations, and comments 638
XML elements 638
XML attributes 640
An introduction to the XML Schema Definition language 642
Four ways to use XML with ADO.NET 644
How to transfer XML data to and from a dataset 646
How to use the XML methods of the DataSet class 646
How to control the format of XML output 648
How to nest data in XML output 650
How to use DiffGrams 652
How to use the XmlDataDocument class 654
How to create and use an XML data document 654
Code examples that use an XML data document 656
How to use the XML features of SQL Server 2005 658
How to read and write XML data using ADO.NET 658
How to use the methods of the xml data type 660
How to use an XML data source with web applications 664
How to create an XML data source 664
How to display XML data in a GridView control 666
How to filter XML data using an XPath query 668
How to display XML data in a TreeView control 670


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