Get attribute or return default value

   
 

//Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)
//http://dbmlmanager.codeplex.com/license

#region using
using System;
using System.Xml;
#endregion

namespace DbmlManager.Lib.Utility
{
  #region Class Docs
  /// <summary>
  /// Summary description for XmlUtil.
  /// </summary>
  #endregion

  public class XmlUtil
  {

    #region GetAttrib(XmlNode node, string attrib, string defVal)
    public static string GetAttrib(XmlNode node, string attrib, string defVal)
    {
      XmlAttribute xmlAttrib = node.Attributes[attrib];
      if (xmlAttrib == null)
        return defVal;

      string val = xmlAttrib.Value;
      return (val == null) ? defVal : val;
    }
    #endregion
  }
}

   
     


Get Int value from xml attribute

   
 

//Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)
//http://dbmlmanager.codeplex.com/license

#region using
using System;
using System.Xml;
#endregion

namespace DbmlManager.Lib.Utility
{
  #region Class Docs
  /// <summary>
  /// Summary description for XmlUtil.
  /// </summary>
  #endregion

  public class XmlUtil
  {


    #region GetIntAttrib(XmlNode node, string name, out bool found, out bool valid, ref int result)
    public static void GetIntAttrib(XmlNode node, string name, out bool found, out bool valid, ref int result)
    {
      if (node.Attributes == null || node.Attributes[name] == null)
      {
        found = false;
        valid = false;
        return;
      }

      found = true;
      valid = Int32.TryParse(node.Attributes[name].InnerText, out result);
    }
    #endregion

  }
}

   
     


Get Attribute Value

   
 

//Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)
//http://dbmlmanager.codeplex.com/license

#region using
using System;
using System.Xml;
#endregion

namespace DbmlManager.Lib.Utility
{
  #region Class Docs
  /// <summary>
  /// Summary description for XmlUtil.
  /// </summary>
  #endregion

  public class XmlUtil
  {

    #region GetAttrib(XmlNode node, string attrib, string defVal)
    public static string GetAttrib(XmlNode node, string attrib, string defVal)
    {
      XmlAttribute xmlAttrib = node.Attributes[attrib];
      if (xmlAttrib == null)
        return defVal;

      string val = xmlAttrib.Value;
      return (val == null) ? defVal : val;
    }
    #endregion
    #region GetAttribOrThrow(XmlNode node, string attrib)
    public static string GetAttribOrThrow(XmlNode node, string attrib)
    {
      string val = GetAttrib(node, attrib, null);
      if (val == null)
        throw new Exception(String.Format("Attribute &#039;{0}&#039; not specified in node &#039;{1}&#039;", attrib, node.Name));

      return val;
    }
    #endregion

  }
}

   
     


Set Attribute Value

   
 

    using System;
    using System.Text;
    using System.Xml;

//GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2)
//http://cbasetest.codeplex.com/license

class MainClass{

        public static void SetAttributeValue(XmlNode xmlne, string name, object value)
        {
            SetAttributeValue(xmlne, name, value, null);
        }

        public static void SetAttributeValue(XmlNode xmlne, string name, string value)
        {
            XmlAttribute node = xmlne.OwnerDocument.CreateAttribute(name);
            xmlne.Attributes.Append(node);
            node.Value = value;
        }

        public static void SetAttributeValue(XmlNode xmlne, string name, object value, string defaultStr)
        {
            string str = defaultStr;
            if (value != null)
            {
                str = value.ToString();
            }
            if (str != null)
            {
                SetAttributeValue(xmlne, name, str);
            }
        }

}

   
     


Reading An XML File Into A Dataset

   


/*
 * C# Programmers Pocket Consultant
 * Author: Gregory S. MacBeth
 * Email: gmacbeth@comporium.net
 * Create Date: June 27, 2003
 * Last Modified Date:
 * Version: 1
 */
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Data;


namespace Client.Chapter_13___ADO.NET
{
    public class ReadingAnXMLFileIntoADataset
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string MyXMLDoc = @"<?xml version=&#039;1.0&#039;>?
                            <title> MyExample</title>";
            StringReader MyStringReader = new StringReader(MyXMLDoc);
            DataSet MyDataSet = new DataSet();

            MyDataSet.ReadXml(MyStringReader);
        }
    }
}


           
          


Persisting A Dataset To An XML File

   


/*
 * C# Programmers Pocket Consultant
 * Author: Gregory S. MacBeth
 * Email: gmacbeth@comporium.net
 * Create Date: June 27, 2003
 * Last Modified Date:
 * Version: 1
 */
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;

namespace Client.Chapter_13___ADO.NET
{
    public class PersistingADatasetToAnXMLFile
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            OleDbConnection MyConnection = new OleDbConnection(@"Provider=Microsft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source = c:MyAccessDB.mdb");
            OleDbDataAdapter MyAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT Column1, Column2, Column3 FROM MyTable", MyConnection);
            DataSet MyDataSet = new DataSet();

            MyAdapter.Fill(MyDataSet, "MyTable");
            MyDataSet.WriteXml(@"c:MyDatSet.xml");
        }
    }
}


           
          


illustrates how to write and read XML files

   

/*
Mastering Visual C# .NET
by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy

Publisher: Sybex;
ISBN: 0782129110
*/


/*
  Example23_8.cs illustrates how to write and read XML files
*/

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

public class Example23_8
{

  public static void Main()
  {

    // formulate a string containing the details of the
    // database connection
    string connectionString =
      "server=localhost;database=Northwind;uid=sa;pwd=sa";

    // create a SqlConnection object to connect to the
    // database, passing the connection string to the constructor
    SqlConnection mySqlConnection =
      new SqlConnection(connectionString);

    // formulate a SELECT statement to retrieve the
    // CustomerID, CompanyName, ContactName, and Address
    // columns for the first two rows from the Customers table
    string selectString =
      "SELECT CustomerID, CompanyName, ContactName, Address " +
      "FROM Customers " +
      "WHERE CustomerID IN (&#039;ALFKI&#039;, &#039;ANATR&#039;)";

    // create a SqlCommand object to hold the SELECT statement
    SqlCommand mySqlCommand = mySqlConnection.CreateCommand();

    // set the CommandText property of the SqlCommand object to
    // the SELECT string
    mySqlCommand.CommandText = selectString;

    // create a SqlDataAdapter object
    SqlDataAdapter mySqlDataAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter();

    // set the SelectCommand property of the SqlAdapter object
    // to the SqlCommand object
    mySqlDataAdapter.SelectCommand = mySqlCommand;

    // create a DataSet object to store the results of
    // the SELECT statement
    DataSet myDataSet = new DataSet();

    // open the database connection using the
    // Open() method of the SqlConnection object
    mySqlConnection.Open();

    // use the Fill() method of the SqlDataAdapter object to
    // retrieve the rows from the table, storing the rows locally
    // in a DataTable of the DataSet object
    Console.WriteLine("Retrieving rows from the Customers table");
    mySqlDataAdapter.Fill(myDataSet, "Customers");

    // get the DataTable object from the DataSet object
    DataTable myDataTable = myDataSet.Tables["Customers"];

    // use the WriteXml() method to write the DataSet out to an
    // XML file
    Console.WriteLine("Writing rows out to an XML file named " +
      "myXmlFile.xml");
    myDataSet.WriteXml("myXmlFile.xml");

    // use the WriteXmlSchema() method to write the schema of the
    // DataSet out to an XML file
    Console.WriteLine("Writing schema out to an XML file named " +
      "myXmlSchemaFile.xml");
    myDataSet.WriteXmlSchema("myXmlSchemaFile.xml");

    // use the Clear() method to clear the current rows in the DataSet
    myDataSet.Clear();

    // use the ReadXml() method to read the contents of the XML file
    // into the DataSet
    myDataSet.ReadXml("myXmlFile.xml");

    // display the columns for each row in the DataTable,
    // using a DataRow object to access each row in the DataTable
    foreach (DataRow myDataRow in myDataTable.Rows)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("CustomerID = " + myDataRow["CustomerID"]);
      Console.WriteLine("CompanyName = " + myDataRow["CompanyName"]);
      Console.WriteLine("ContactName = " + myDataRow["ContactName"]);
      Console.WriteLine("Address = " + myDataRow["Address"]);
    }

    // close the database connection using the Close() method
    // of the SqlConnection object
    mySqlConnection.Close();

  }

}