dataset.readxml() problems

[kevlar]

I am having some problems reading xml into a dataset and having it set up the datatables within it properly. i serialize an object into xml and read that xml into the dataset and the code i am working with relies on the datatables within it to all be constructed with the proper relations. however in certain cases this doesnt happen. here is a sample of the xml i'm working with:

<AuthResponse>
  <info>
    <infoDesc>test-infoDesc</infoDesc>
    <infoCode>test-infoCode</infoCode>
  </info>
  <info>
    <infoDesc>test-infoDesc</infoDesc>
    <infoCode>test-infoCode</infoCode>
  </info>
  <userContext>
    <userLang>test-userLang</userLang>
    <userMenu>test-userMenu</userMenu>
    <infoCode>test-infoCode</infoCode>
    <DBName>test-DBName</DBName>
    <timeStamp>2006-08-04T14:37:47.2165108-04:00</timeStamp>
    <uniqueNum>25</uniqueNum>
    <userName>test-userName</userName>
  </userContext>
</AuthResponse>

the authresponse object has an array of branchlist items and one usercontext item. what should be happening is that when it reads, it should create 3 data tables named AuthResponse, branchList, and UserContext and 2 relations should form linking the latter two to the former. however i only get the latter two tables in my dataset with no relation between them.

the strange thing is that if i remove the userContext object from the xml it works as expected, forming the relations with the proper remaining tables. if i remove the branch objects however i am only left with one datatable in my dataset named userContext. the dataset itself is named AuthResponse in all cases but ideally it should also contain the parent table also named AuthResponse with the relevant relations. I have tried reading the xml from a file as well as from a serialized object, and reading it from memorystreams or stringreaders or the like dont seem to change anything. Any ideas? :confused: