loading xml into datasets

[Sandy]

I've saved an xml string into a file and loaded it into a
dataset then displayed it into a datagrid:

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.loadXml(stringXml);
doc.Save(Server.MapPath("data.xml");
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.ReadXml(Server.MapPath("data.xml");
DataGrid1.DataSource = ds;
DataGrid1.DataBind();

I'm having issues because in some situations there is no
data, ie stringXml with be an empty file such as
<contacts />
The application I'm working in doesn't debug but just
gives me an application error.

Can someone help me still display an empty datagrid
without causing an error?

Thanks!

[Peter Koen]

"Sandy" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:016401c39999
$e****************@phx.gbl:

I've saved an xml string into a file and loaded it into a
dataset then displayed it into a datagrid:

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.loadXml(stringXml);
doc.Save(Server.MapPath("data.xml");
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.ReadXml(Server.MapPath("data.xml");
DataGrid1.DataSource = ds;
DataGrid1.DataBind();

I'm having issues because in some situations there is no
data, ie stringXml with be an empty file such as
<contacts />
The application I'm working in doesn't debug but just
gives me an application error.

Can someone help me still display an empty datagrid
without causing an error?

Thanks!

Just open the xml file with XmlDocument. Check if there are ChildNodes. if
not, just don't set it on the dataset. if there are: directly hand the
xmlreader stream to the dataset.

--
best regards

Peter Koen
-----------------------------------
MCAD, CAI/R, CAI/S, CASE/RS, CAT/RS
http://www.kema.at

[Stephen Alpert]

Why not use a try...catch block. This will catch errors like malformed XML at
the same time!

/steveA

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:14:33 -0700, "Sandy"
<an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

I've saved an xml string into a file and loaded it into a
dataset then displayed it into a datagrid:

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.loadXml(stringXml);
doc.Save(Server.MapPath("data.xml");
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.ReadXml(Server.MapPath("data.xml");
DataGrid1.DataSource = ds;
DataGrid1.DataBind();

I'm having issues because in some situations there is no
data, ie stringXml with be an empty file such as
<contacts />
The application I'm working in doesn't debug but just
gives me an application error.

Can someone help me still display an empty datagrid
without causing an error?

Thanks!

Steve Alpert
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