using System; using System.Data; using System.Data.SqlClient; class NestedXml { public static void Main() { SqlConnection mySqlConnection = new SqlConnection("server=localhost;database=Northwind;uid=sa;pwd=sa"); SqlCommand mySqlCommand = mySqlConnection.CreateCommand(); mySqlCommand.CommandText = "SELECT TOP 2 CustomerID, CompanyName " + "FROM Customers " + "ORDER BY CustomerID;" + "SELECT OrderID, CustomerID, ShipCountry " + "FROM Orders " + "WHERE CustomerID IN (" + " SELECT TOP 2 CustomerID " + " FROM Customers " + " ORDER BY CustomerID " + ")"; SqlDataAdapter mySqlDataAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter(); mySqlDataAdapter.SelectCommand = mySqlCommand; DataSet myDataSet = new DataSet(); mySqlConnection.Open(); int numberOfRows = mySqlDataAdapter.Fill(myDataSet); Console.WriteLine("numberOfRows = " + numberOfRows); mySqlConnection.Close(); DataTable customersDT = myDataSet.Tables["Table"]; DataTable ordersDT = myDataSet.Tables["Table1"]; DataRelation customersOrdersDataRel = new DataRelation( "CustomersOrders", customersDT.Columns["CustomerID"], ordersDT.Columns["CustomerID"] ); myDataSet.Relations.Add( customersOrdersDataRel ); myDataSet.WriteXml("nonNestedXmlFile.xml"); myDataSet.Relations["CustomersOrders"].Nested = true; myDataSet.WriteXml("nestedXmlFile.xml"); } }