Reading Xml in DataSet

[binvij]

Hi Guys ! I want your views on this

An xml file can be loaded into a dataset in the following ways:

XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(" inrss.xml");
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.Load(reader) ;

OR

string fileName = "inrss.xml" ;
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.Load(fileNam e);

Which one is better? I have seen few authors preferring the first way. Is
there anything special to it.
--
Bindesh Vijayan
MCP [ASP.NET]

[Martin Honnen]

binvij wrote:

An xml file can be loaded into a dataset in the following ways:

XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(" inrss.xml");
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.Load(reader) ;
I don't think there is a method named Load, the methods are documented here:
<http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/default.asp?url =/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemData DataSetMembersT opic.asp>
Perhaps you are asking about the method named ReadXml?
OR

string fileName = "inrss.xml" ;
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.Load(fileNam e);

Which one is better? I have seen few authors preferring the first way. Is
there anything special to it.

Not really, if you want to load from a local file then you can use the
method overload which takes a string with the file name. But if you
wanted to load from a URL for instance then you might need an overload
that allows that, using an XmlTextReader is one way to achieve that.

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[binvij]

Thanks for the correction. I meant ReadXml().

Yes perhaps your explanation is right.

thnx
"Martin Honnen" wrote:

binvij wrote:

An xml file can be loaded into a dataset in the following ways:

XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(" inrss.xml");
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.Load(reader) ;

I don't think there is a method named Load, the methods are documented here:
<http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/default.asp?url =/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemData DataSetMembersT opic.asp>
Perhaps you are asking about the method named ReadXml?

OR

string fileName = "inrss.xml" ;
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.Load(fileNam e);

Which one is better? I have seen few authors preferring the first way. Is
there anything special to it.

Not really, if you want to load from a local file then you can use the
method overload which takes a string with the file name. But if you
wanted to load from a URL for instance then you might need an overload
that allows that, using an XmlTextReader is one way to achieve that.

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/