Bind XML Fragment to dropdownlist 1

[crazyboybert]

Hi All

I have object which returns a fragment of XML as a string in the form...

<datasets>
<dataset>
<data/>
<data/>
</dataset>
<dataset>
<data/>
<data/>
</dataset>
</datasets>

I would like to use this fragment of XML to bind to an asp:dropdownlist. I have been trying to create an XML document that only exists in memory, populate it with my fragment, bind to the control and then bin it without the XML document ever existing outside of memory. I dont really want to have an actual file which i read and write the XML from but will if I have to..

Any ideas on how to achieve this binding wether it be via the above method or not would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Rob

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Go placidly amidst the noise and haste,
find what peace there may be in silence.
-Anon

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[jfrost10]

You could fill a dataset with the xml, and then use the dataset to bind to the drop down list.

D'Arcy

 

[crazyboybert]

Yeah thats kind of what I was thinking of doing....

The problem is not the theory but the practice of converting a STRING of xml to an XML document i can use to fill the dataset. I'm aware of the XmlWriter, XmlReader, XmlFragment etc classes but have been having real trouble getting my string containin an xml fragment into a XML Document with which to fill the dataset.

I would like this all to happen in memory i.e. the XML file never 'physically' exists. I'm pretty new to .NET and have been struggling with the textwriter, streamreader, xmlwriter methods...

Any help appreciated - Thanks

Rob

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Go placidly amidst the noise and haste,
find what peace there may be in silence.
-Anon

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[jfrost10]

I'm pretty sure that the dataset has a method to fill via xml, which can take either a document OR a string (could be wrong, and dont' have vs.net here at work...sigh).

Check into that first before trying to figure out how to fill the xml file. I'm fairly certain the dataset will take xml in either format.

D'Arcy

 

[jfrost10]

Better yet, check out this url which gives a few options to fill a dataset with an xml string

http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/16/84390.aspx

D

 

[crazyboybert]

Thanks D'Arcy

Thats just the sort of thing im looking for...





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Go placidly amidst the noise and haste,
find what peace there may be in silence.
-Anon

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