How to read XML into a DataTable?
Like this:
Dim strXmlString As String = "<tables><row><table_name>Table1</table_name><record_key>1</record_key></row>"
strXmlString += "<row><table_name>Table2</table_name><record_key>2</record_key></row></tables>"
Dim srXMLtext As System.IO.StringReader = New System.IO.StringReader(strXmlString)
Dim dt As New DataTable
dt.ReadXml(srXMLtext)
From here: http://www.dreamincode.net/code/snippet3186.htm
// <summary>
/// method for reading an XML file into a DataTable
/// </summary>
/// <param name="file">name (and path) of the XML file</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public DataTable ReadXML(string file)
{
//create the DataTable that will hold the data
DataTable table = new DataTable("XmlData");
try
{
//open the file using a Stream
using(Stream stream = new FileStream(file, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
//create the table with the appropriate column names
table.Columns.Add("Name", typeof(string));
table.Columns.Add("Power", typeof(int));
table.Columns.Add("Location", typeof(string));
//use ReadXml to read the XML stream
table.ReadXml(stream);
//return the results
return table;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return table;
}
}
You might want to take a look at DataTable.ReadXml method.
EDIT: If you have xml object in memory you can use the ReadXml method directly. DataTable.ReadXml(MemoryStream Object);
EDIT 2: I did the export. The following XML Schema is required:
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<DocumentElement>
<symbols>
<symbol>EURCHF</symbol>
</symbols>
<symbols>
<symbol>EURGBP</symbol>
</symbols>
<symbols>
<symbol>EURJPY</symbol>
</symbols>
</DocumentElement>