Why is my control not populated with XML data?

[mark4asp]

I have created two DropDownList controls on my form which I want to
populate with data from an XML file (stored in the xml subdirectory)

Here is the code I use.

It does not work. I shows "System.Data.Da taRowView" in both the value
and text fields of the DropDownLists

In debug, I noticed that:
ds.Tables["date"].Rows.Count = 20
dds.Tables["date"].DefaultView.Co unt = 20

There are 20 items in the xml file.

Furthermore, when I add a watch for "ds.Tables["date"].DefaultView", I
can click on "Data View Visuliser" (in debug again) and it shows the
table information (20 rows, 2 columns each).

What else do I need to do to load this xml data into my controls?

1) code:

DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.ReadXml(@".. \xml\dates.xml" );

ddlFromDate.Dat aSource = ds.Tables["date"].DefaultView;
ddlFromDate.Dat aBind();
ddlToDate.DataS ource = ds.Tables["date"].DefaultView;
ddlToDate.DataB ind();

2) xml file: dates.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<dates>
<date>
<dateValue>2002 1</dateValue>
<dateText>200 2 1st Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2002 2</dateValue>
<dateText>200 2 2nd Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2002 3</dateValue>
<dateText>200 2 3rd Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2002 4</dateValue>
<dateText>200 2 4th Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2003 1</dateValue>
<dateText>200 3 1st Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2003 2</dateValue>
<dateText>200 3 2nd Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2003 3</dateValue>
<dateText>200 3 3rd Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2003 4</dateValue>
<dateText>200 3 4th Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2004 1</dateValue>
<dateText>200 4 1st Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2004 2</dateValue>
<dateText>200 4 2nd Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2004 3</dateValue>
<dateText>200 4 3rd Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2004 4</dateValue>
<dateText>200 4 4th Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2005 1</dateValue>
<dateText>200 5 1st Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2005 2</dateValue>
<dateText>200 5 2nd Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2005 3</dateValue>
<dateText>200 5 3rd Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2005 4</dateValue>
<dateText>200 5 4th Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2006 1</dateValue>
<dateText>200 6 1st Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2006 2</dateValue>
<dateText>200 6 2nd Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2006 3</dateValue>
<dateText>200 6 3rd Qtr</dateText>
</date>
<date>
<dateValue>2006 4</dateValue>
<dateText>200 6 4th Qtr</dateText>
</date>
</dates>

3) xsd file: dates.xsd

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:element name="dates">
<xs:complexType >
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="date">
<xs:complexType >
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="dateItem" maxOccurs="unbo unded">
<xs:complexType >
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="dateCode" type="xs:intege r"/>
<xs:element name="dateText" type="xs:string "/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>