Question

i am trying to retrive 5 column from database, in one is type of XML . while returning to dataset it is treated as string. i need to extract that values as xml and bind to another dataset.

for eg : if my query returns 5 column to dataset, one column is xml. i need to extract that values and store it to another dataset as xml .

i tried to use dstDataset.Tables[0][3].toString(); it returned the entire xml as string. now i need to parse as xml and bind to another dataset.

i hope you pepole got my question.

Answer 1

take a look at the following code:

DataSet dataSet = new DataSet();
DataTable dataTable = new DataTable("table1");
dataTable.Columns.Add("col1", typeof(string));
dataSet.Tables.Add(dataTable);

string xmlData = "<XmlDS><table1><col1>Value1</col1></table1><table1><col1>Value2</col1></table1></XmlDS>";

System.IO.StringReader xmlSR = new System.IO.StringReader(xmlData);

dataSet.ReadXml(xmlSR, XmlReadMode.IgnoreSchema);

If you replace xmlData with your the data from the column and make sure the schema is correct this should work.