DataTable.WriteXmlSchema Method

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());
}