Proper usage of XML with ASPX

[kennyaidan]

Hi,
I'm a beginner aspx programmer and i am about to start learning aspx and some simple xml. I was wondering what were the apprioate steps in creating aspx files using xml.
Would you start with a simple xml file similar to the following

epo.xml

<episodes>
<episode series=&quot;TNG&quot; season=&quot;7&quot;>
<name>All Good Things</name>
<desc>The final episode of TNG.</desc>
</episode>
</episodes>

A xsl file like the following
epo.xsl

<?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?>

<xsl:stylesheet version=&quot;1.1&quot; xmlns:xsl=&quot;

http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform&quot;>

<xslutput method=&quot;html&quot; indent=&quot;yes&quot; />
<xsl:template match=&quot;/&quot;>
<font face=&quot;Verdana&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;>

<ul>
<xsl:for-each select=&quot;episodes/episode&quot;>
<p />
Series:<b><i> <xsl:value-of select=&quot;@series&quot; /></i></b><br />
Season:<b> <xsl:value-of select=&quot;@season&quot; /></b><br />
<li>
<b><xsl:value-of select=&quot;name&quot;/></b>
</li>
<br />
<xsl:value-of select=&quot;desc&quot;/>

</xsl:for-each>
</ul>
</font>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

And then simple bring the two together using this asp.net file epo.aspx

<asp:xml runat=&quot;server&quot; DocumentSource=&quot;epo.xml&quot; TransformSource=&quot;epo.xsl&quot; />

I got this code from the following website

http://aspalliance.com/wisemonk/view.aspx?id=AX062222

and i am wondering whether this is the normal way to create aspx files using xml. I want to get the steps and technique right before i move on. Can anyone suggest other tutorials that may be of benefit
thanks
aidan

 

[NatGreen]

http://www.xmlpitstop.com/

Has some good articles/examples.

I used the XML control and the only downfall I encountered was that it was a little slow with a large number of records (i.e. 500+).

Hope this helps,
NatGreen