DataSet.GetXmlSchema Method
Definition
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Returns the XML Schema for the XML representation of the data stored in the DataSet.
public:
System::String ^ GetXmlSchema();
public string GetXmlSchema ();
member this.GetXmlSchema : unit -> string
Public Function GetXmlSchema () As String
Returns
String that is the XML Schema for the XML representation of the data stored in the DataSet.
Examples
The following example creates a DataSet and DataTable, and then displays the schema in XML format.
private static void DemonstrateGetXml()
{
// Create a DataSet with one table containing
// two columns and 10 rows.
DataSet dataSet = new DataSet("dataSet");
DataTable table = dataSet.Tables.Add("Items");
table.Columns.Add("id", typeof(int));
table.Columns.Add("Item", typeof(string));
// Add ten rows.
DataRow row;
for(int i = 0; i <10;i++)
{
row = table.NewRow();
row["id"]= i;
row["Item"]= "Item" + i;
table.Rows.Add(row);
}
// Display the DataSet contents as XML.
Console.WriteLine( dataSet.GetXml() );
}
Private Shared Sub DemonstrateGetXml()
' Create a DataSet with one table
' containing two columns and 10 rows.
Dim dataSet As New DataSet("dataSet")
Dim table As DataTable = dataSet.Tables.Add("Items")
table.Columns.Add("id", Type.GetType("System.Int32"))
table.Columns.Add("Item", Type.GetType("System.String"))
' Add ten rows.
Dim row As DataRow
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To 9
row = table.NewRow()
row("id") = i
row("Item")= "Item" & i
table.Rows.Add(row)
Next
' Display the DataSet contents as XML.
Console.WriteLine( dataSet.GetXml() )
End Sub
Remarks
Calling this method is identical to calling WriteXmlSchema, except that only the primary schema is written.
GetXmlSchema returns XML as a string, and therefore requires more overhead than WriteXmlSchema to write XML to a file.
If you build a DataSet using schema inference and serialize it using XML or Web services, the column ordering may change.