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DataSet Class
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 GetXml Method
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.NET Framework Class Library
DataSet..::.GetXml Method

Returns the XML representation of the data stored in the DataSet.

Namespace:  System.Data
Assembly:  System.Data (in System.Data.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Function GetXml As String
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As DataSet
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = instance.GetXml()
C#
public string GetXml()
Visual C++
public:
String^ GetXml()
JScript
public function GetXml() : String

Return Value

Type: System..::.String
A string that is a representation of the data stored in the DataSet.

Calling this method is identical to calling WriteXml with XmlWriteMode set to IgnoreSchema.

GetXml returns XML as a string, and therefore requires more overhead than WriteXml 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.

The following example creates a DataSet and DataTable, adds sample data, and then displays the data in XML format.

Visual Basic
Private Shared Sub DemonstrateGetXml()
    ' Create a DataSet with one table 
    ' containing two columns and 10 rows.
    Dim dataSet As DataSet = 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
C#
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() );
}

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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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