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DataTable..::.WriteXmlSchema Method

Writes the current data structure of the DataTable as an XML schema.

  NameDescription
Public methodSupported by the .NET Compact FrameworkSupported by the XNA FrameworkWriteXmlSchema(Stream)Writes the current data structure of the DataTable as an XML schema to the specified stream.
Public methodSupported by the .NET Compact FrameworkSupported by the XNA FrameworkWriteXmlSchema(TextWriter)Writes the current data structure of the DataTable as an XML schema using the specified TextWriter.
Public methodSupported by the .NET Compact FrameworkSupported by the XNA FrameworkWriteXmlSchema(String)Writes the current data structure of the DataTable as an XML schema to the specified file.
Public methodSupported by the .NET Compact FrameworkSupported by the XNA FrameworkWriteXmlSchema(XmlWriter)Writes the current data structure of the DataTable as an XML schema using the specified XmlWriter.
Public methodSupported by the .NET Compact FrameworkSupported by the XNA FrameworkWriteXmlSchema(Stream, Boolean)Writes the current data structure of the DataTable as an XML schema to the specified stream. To save the schema for the table and all its descendants, set the writeHierarchy parameter to true.
Public methodSupported by the .NET Compact FrameworkSupported by the XNA FrameworkWriteXmlSchema(TextWriter, Boolean)Writes the current data structure of the DataTable as an XML schema using the specified TextWriter. To save the schema for the table and all its descendants, set the writeHierarchy parameter to true.
Public methodSupported by the .NET Compact FrameworkSupported by the XNA FrameworkWriteXmlSchema(String, Boolean)Writes the current data structure of the DataTable as an XML schema to the specified file. To save the schema for the table and all its descendants, set the writeHierarchy parameter to true.
Public methodSupported by the .NET Compact FrameworkSupported by the XNA FrameworkWriteXmlSchema(XmlWriter, Boolean)Writes the current data structure of the DataTable as an XML schema using the specified XmlWriter. To save the schema for the table and all its descendants, set the writeHierarchy parameter to true.
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Use the WriteXmlSchema method to write the schema for a DataTable to an XML document. The schema includes table, relation, and constraint definitions.

The XML schema is written using the XSD standard.

To write the data to an XML document, use the WriteXml method.

The following console application creates two DataTable instances, adds each to a DataSet, creates a DataRelation relating the two tables, and then uses the WriteXmlSchema method to write the data contained within the parent table to a TextWriter. The example demonstrates the behavior when setting the writeHierarchy parameter to each of its values.

NoteNote:

This example shows how to use one of the overloaded versions of WriteXmlSchema For other examples that might be available, see the individual overload topics.

Visual Basic
Sub Main()
  Dim ds As New DataSet
  Dim customerTable As DataTable = GetCustomers()
  Dim orderTable As DataTable = GetOrders()

  ds.Tables.Add(customerTable)
  ds.Tables.Add(orderTable)
  ds.Relations.Add("CustomerOrder", _
   New DataColumn() {customerTable.Columns(0)}, _
   New DataColumn() {orderTable.Columns(1)}, True)

  Dim writer As New System.IO.StringWriter
  customerTable.WriteXmlSchema(writer, False)
  PrintOutput(writer, "Customer table, without hierarchy")

  writer = New System.IO.StringWriter
  customerTable.WriteXmlSchema(writer, True)
  PrintOutput(writer, "Customer table, with hierarchy")

  Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.")
  Console.ReadKey()
End Sub

Private Function GetOrders() As DataTable
  ' Create sample Customers table, in order
  ' to demonstrate the behavior of the DataTableReader.
  Dim table As New DataTable

  ' Create three columns, OrderID, CustomerID, and OrderDate.
  table.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("OrderID", GetType(System.Int32)))
  table.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("CustomerID", GetType(System.Int32)))
  table.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("OrderDate", GetType(System.DateTime)))

  ' Set the OrderID column as the primary key column.
  table.PrimaryKey = New DataColumn() {table.Columns(0)}

  table.Rows.Add(New Object() {1, 1, #12/2/2003#})
  table.Rows.Add(New Object() {2, 1, #1/3/2004#})
  table.Rows.Add(New Object() {3, 2, #11/13/2004#})
  table.Rows.Add(New Object() {4, 3, #5/16/2004#})
  table.Rows.Add(New Object() {5, 3, #5/22/2004#})
  table.Rows.Add(New Object() {6, 4, #6/15/2004#})
  table.AcceptChanges()
  Return table
End Function

Private Function GetCustomers() As DataTable
  ' Create sample Customers table, in order
  ' to demonstrate the behavior of the DataTableReader.
  Dim table As New DataTable

  ' Create two columns, ID and Name.
  Dim idColumn As DataColumn = table.Columns.Add("ID", GetType(System.Int32))
  table.Columns.Add("Name", GetType(System.String))

  ' Set the ID column as the primary key column.
  table.PrimaryKey = New DataColumn() {idColumn}

  table.Rows.Add(New Object() {1, "Mary"})
  table.Rows.Add(New Object() {2, "Andy"})
  table.Rows.Add(New Object() {3, "Peter"})
  table.Rows.Add(New Object() {4, "Russ"})
  table.AcceptChanges()
  Return table
End Function

Private Sub PrintOutput( _
   ByVal writer As System.IO.TextWriter, ByVal caption As String)

  Console.WriteLine("==============================")
  Console.WriteLine(caption)
  Console.WriteLine("==============================")
  Console.WriteLine(writer.ToString())
End Sub
C#
static void Main()
{
    DataSet ds = new DataSet();
    DataTable customerTable = GetCustomers();
    DataTable orderTable = GetOrders();

    ds.Tables.Add(customerTable);
    ds.Tables.Add(orderTable);
    ds.Relations.Add("CustomerOrder",
        new DataColumn[] { customerTable.Columns[0] },
        new DataColumn[] { orderTable.Columns[1] }, true);

    System.IO.StringWriter writer = new System.IO.StringWriter();
    customerTable.WriteXmlSchema(writer, false);
    PrintOutput(writer, "Customer table, without hierarchy");

    writer = new System.IO.StringWriter();
    customerTable.WriteXmlSchema(writer, true);
    PrintOutput(writer, "Customer table, with hierarchy");

    Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.");
    Console.ReadKey();
}

private static DataTable GetCustomers()
{
    // Create sample Customers table, in order
    // to demonstrate the behavior of the DataTableReader.
    DataTable table = new DataTable();

    // Create two columns, ID and Name.
    DataColumn idColumn = table.Columns.Add("ID", typeof(System.Int32));
    table.Columns.Add("Name", typeof(System.String));

    // Set the ID column as the primary key column.
    table.PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] { idColumn };

    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 1, "Mary" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 2, "Andy" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 3, "Peter" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 4, "Russ" });
    table.AcceptChanges();
    return table;
}

private static DataTable GetOrders()
{
    // Create sample Customers table, in order
    // to demonstrate the behavior of the DataTableReader.
    DataTable table = new DataTable();

    // Create three columns; OrderID, CustomerID, and OrderDate.
    table.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("OrderID", typeof(System.Int32)));
    table.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("CustomerID", typeof(System.Int32)));
    table.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("OrderDate", typeof(System.DateTime)));

    // Set the OrderID column as the primary key column.
    table.PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] { table.Columns[0] };

    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 1, 1, "12/2/2003" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 2, 1, "1/3/2004" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 3, 2, "11/13/2004" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 4, 3, "5/16/2004" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 5, 3, "5/22/2004" });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { 6, 4, "6/15/2004" });
    table.AcceptChanges();
    return table;
}

private static void PrintOutput(System.IO.TextWriter writer, 
    string caption)
{
    Console.WriteLine("==============================");
    Console.WriteLine(caption);
    Console.WriteLine("==============================");
    Console.WriteLine(writer.ToString());
}

The example displays the following output in the console window:

==============================
Customer table, without hierarchy
==============================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<xs:schema id="NewDataSet" xmlns="" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
  <xs:element name="NewDataSet" msdata:IsDataSet="true" msdata:MainDataTable="Ta
ble1">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
        <xs:element name="Table1">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="ID" type="xs:int" />
              <xs:element name="Name" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
      </xs:choice>
    </xs:complexType>
    <xs:unique name="Constraint1" msdata:PrimaryKey="true">
      <xs:selector xpath=".//Table1" />
      <xs:field xpath="ID" />
    </xs:unique>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>
==============================
Customer table, with hierarchy
==============================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<xs:schema id="NewDataSet" xmlns="" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
  <xs:element name="NewDataSet" msdata:IsDataSet="true" msdata:MainDataTable="Table1">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
        <xs:element name="Table1">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="ID" type="xs:int" />
              <xs:element name="Name" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
        <xs:element name="Table2">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="OrderID" type="xs:int" />
              <xs:element name="CustomerID" type="xs:int" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="OrderDate" type="xs:dateTime" minOccurs="0" />
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
      </xs:choice>
    </xs:complexType>
    <xs:unique name="Constraint1" msdata:PrimaryKey="true">
      <xs:selector xpath=".//Table1" />
      <xs:field xpath="ID" />
    </xs:unique>
    <xs:unique name="Table2_Constraint1" msdata:ConstraintName="Constraint1" msdata:PrimaryKey="true">
      <xs:selector xpath=".//Table2" />
      <xs:field xpath="OrderID" />
    </xs:unique>
    <xs:keyref name="CustomerOrder" refer="Constraint1">
      <xs:selector xpath=".//Table2" />
      <xs:field xpath="CustomerID" />
    </xs:keyref>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>
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