Question

I have created an XML file in the following format:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Employee_Info>
<Employee>
<Name> Blah </Name>
<ID> 001 </ID>
<Dept> ISDC </Dept>
</Employee>
<Employee>
<Name> Bleh </Name>
<ID> 002 </ID>
<Dept> COE </Dept>
</Employee>
<Employee>
<Name> Bah </Name>
<ID> 003 </ID>
<Dept> Roll_Out </Dept>
</Employee>
</Employee_Info>

Now this is the code I’m using to display the data:

XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(Server.MapPath("~/XMLFile.xml"));
    while (reader.Read())
    {
        switch (reader.NodeType)
        {
            case XmlNodeType.Element: // The node is an element.
                Response.Write("<" + reader.Name + ">");
                break;
            case XmlNodeType.Text: //Display the text in each element.
                Response.Write(reader.Value + "<br />");
                break;
            case XmlNodeType.EndElement: //Display the end of the element.
                Response.Write("</" + reader.Name + ">");
                break;
        }
    }

Now my output is coming out like this:

Blah 
001 
ISDC 
Bleh 
002 
COE 
Bah 
003 
Roll_Out

How will I display the tags along with the values? That is I want my output in the following format:

Name: Blah
ID: 001
Dept: COE

And what if I add an extra element in the XML file only at one place like an extra email tag in the 3 employee’s info? How will I read that?

Answer 1

Try following code.

XmlDocument xDoc = new XmlDocument();
xDoc.Load("Server.MapPath("~/XMLFile.xml")");

XmlNodeList nodeList;
nodeList = xDoc.DocumentElement.SelectNodes("Employee");

foreach (XmlNode emp in nodeList)
{
    foreach (XmlNode child in emp.ChildNodes)
    {
        Response.Write(child.LocalName);
        Response.Write(":");
        Response.Write(child.InnerText);
        Response.Write("\n");
    }

}

Hope that helps. If it does mark it as answer.
-Milind