Problem with dataset.getxml

[Kashyap]

Hi

I am trying to convert a dataset to xml using dataset.getxml.
But this xml doesn't contain elements for null columns that are present in the dataset. How can we explicitly control this behaviour

Suppose I have this dataset

Col1 Col2 Col3 Col
----- ---- ---- ---
A1 A2 A3 A
B2 B3 B
C1 C2 C3 C

It can be noted that (Column1, Row2) element is blank. Now when I convert this dataset to xml using dataset.getxml, I get the following xml

<NewDataSet><Table><Col1>A1</Col1><Col2>A2</Col2><Col3>A3</Col3><Col4>A4</Col4></Table><Table><Col2>B2</Col2><Col3>B3</Col3><Col4>B4</Col4></Table><Table><Col1>C1</Col1><Col2>C2</Col2><Col3>C3</Col3><Col4>C4</Col4></Table></NewDataSet

As it can be noticed in the above xml, <Col1></Col1> element set is missing in the second <Table> node set.
If I want this in the xml, What do I have to do ? I tried using ds.WriteXML instead of getXML, but no luck. Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks
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[Cor Ligthert]

Hi Kashyap,

You can use for serialization and deseralization (which is not possible with
GetXML) also this routine. (Both without schema as in GetXML).
\\\
' Serialization
Dim sw As New System.IO.StringWriter
ds.WriteXml(sw)
Dim mystring As String = sw.tostring

'Deserialization
Dim sr As New System.IO.StringReader(mystring)
Dim ds2 As New DataSet
ds2.ReadXml(sr)
///
I hope this helps,

Cor