Solution Store the contents of the InnerXml of the XmlDocument to the database.. TBL0804 schema The sample code contains five event handlers: Form.Load Sets up the DataTable that conta
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Recipe 8 Storing XML to a Database Field
Problem
You need to store XML to a field in a database
Solution
Store the contents of the InnerXml of the XmlDocument to the database You can later
load this into an empty XmlDocument with LoadXml( )
The schema of table TBL0804 used in this solution is shown in Table 8-4
Table 8-4 TBL0804 schema
The sample code contains five event handlers:
Form.Load
Sets up the DataTable that contains the text field, XmlField, containing the XML and the DataAdapter for the table
Write Button.Click
Adds or updates a record in the table with the Id and XmlField entered by the user Read Button.Click
Loads the XML for the specified Id into an XmlDocument and displays it on the
form in the XmlField text box
Sample Button.Click
Generates sample XML data from the Orders table in Northwind and displays it on the form in the XmlField text box
Clear Button.Click
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Example 8-7 File: StoreXmlFieldForm.cs
// Namespaces, variables, and constants
using System;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
private DataTable dt;
private SqlDataAdapter da;
private const String TABLENAME = "TBL0804";
//
private void StoreXmlFieldForm_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
String selectText = "SELECT Id, XmlField FROM " + TABLENAME; String insertText = "INSERT " + TABLENAME + " (Id, XmlField) " + "VALUES (@Id, @XmlField)";
String updateText = "UPDATE " + TABLENAME + " " +
"SET XmlField = @XmlField " +
"WHERE Id = @Id";
// Create the data adapter
da = new SqlDataAdapter(selectText,
ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["Sql_ConnectString"]);
da.UpdateCommand = new SqlCommand(updateText,
da.SelectCommand.Connection);
da.UpdateCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("@Id", SqlDbType.Int, 0, "Id"); da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("@XmlField", SqlDbType.NText, 0, "XmlField");
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da.SelectCommand.Connection);
da.InsertCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
da.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("@Id", SqlDbType.Int, 0, "Id"); da.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("@XmlField", SqlDbType.NText, 0, "XmlField");
dt = new DataTable( );
da.FillSchema(dt, SchemaType.Source);
da.Fill(dt);
}
private void writeButton_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Load the ID into variable and text box into XmlDoc
int id = 0;
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument( );
try
{
id = Int32.Parse(idTextBox.Text);
xmlDoc.LoadXml(xmlTextBox.Text);
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("ERROR: " + ex.Message);
return;
}
// Find the row with the ID entered
DataRow row = dt.Rows.Find(new object[] {id});
if(row != null)
// For an existing row, update the XmlField
row["XmlField"] = xmlDoc.InnerXml;
else
// For a new row, add the row with the ID and XmlField
dt.Rows.Add(new object[] {id, xmlDoc.InnerXml});
// Update the database using the DataAdapter
da.Update(dt);
}
private void readButton_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
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int id = 0;
try
{
id = Int32.Parse(idTextBox.Text);
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("ERROR: " + ex.Message);
return;
}
// Find the row with the ID entered
DataRow row = dt.Rows.Find(new object[] {id});
if(row != null)
{
// If found, load the XML column value from the row
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument( );
xmlDoc.LoadXml(row["XmlField"].ToString( ));
// Display the XML
xmlTextBox.Text = xmlDoc.InnerXml;
}
else
xmlTextBox.Text = "Record not found for Id = " + id;
}
private void sampleXmlButton_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
DataSet ds = new DataSet( );
// Fill the Categories table and add it to the DataSet
SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter("SELECT TOP 3 * FROM Orders", ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["Sql_ConnectString"]);
da.FillSchema(ds, SchemaType.Source, "Orders");
da.Fill(ds, "Orders");
// Write the XML for the DataSet to a StringWriter, and output
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter( );
ds.WriteXml(sw, XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema);
xmlTextBox.Text = sw.ToString( );
ds.Dispose( );
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}
private void clearButton_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
idTextBox.Clear( );
xmlTextBox.Clear( );
}
Discussion
The solution demonstrates how to store XML data in a text field of a database table and subsequently read it into an XmlDocument using the LoadXml( ) method Standard database access techniques using a DataAdapter and DataTable are used
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