XmlDataDocument.GetRowFromElement(XmlElement) Method

public:
 System::Data::DataRow ^ GetRowFromElement(System::Xml::XmlElement ^ e);

public System.Data.DataRow? GetRowFromElement (System.Xml.XmlElement? e);

public System.Data.DataRow GetRowFromElement (System.Xml.XmlElement e);

member this.GetRowFromElement : System.Xml.XmlElement -> System.Data.DataRow

Public Function GetRowFromElement (e As XmlElement) As DataRow

Parameters

Returns

The DataRow containing a representation of the XmlElement; null if there is no DataRow associated with the XmlElement.

Examples

The following example modifies the price of the first book.

#using <System.dll>
#using <System.Data.dll>
#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Data;
using namespace System::Xml;

int main()
{
   // Create an XmlDataDocument.
   XmlDataDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDataDocument;

   // Load the schema file.
   doc->DataSet->ReadXmlSchema( "store.xsd" );

   // Load the XML data.
   doc->Load( "2books.xml" );

   //Change the price on the first book.
   XmlElement^ root = doc->DocumentElement;
   DataRow^ row = doc->GetRowFromElement( safe_cast<XmlElement^>(root->FirstChild) );
   row["price"] = "12.95";
   Console::WriteLine( "Display the modified XML data..." );
   Console::WriteLine( doc->DocumentElement->OuterXml );
}

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Xml;
public class Sample {
    public static void Main() {
        // Create an XmlDataDocument.
        XmlDataDocument doc = new XmlDataDocument();

        // Load the schema file.
        doc.DataSet.ReadXmlSchema("store.xsd");

        // Load the XML data.
        doc.Load("2books.xml");

        //Change the price on the first book.
        XmlElement root = doc.DocumentElement;
        DataRow row = doc.GetRowFromElement((XmlElement)root.FirstChild);
        row["price"] = "12.95";

        Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML data...");
        Console.WriteLine(doc.DocumentElement.OuterXml);
    }
} // End class

Imports System.Data
Imports System.Xml

public class Sample

  public shared sub Main()

      'Create an XmlDataDocument.
      Dim doc as XmlDataDocument = new XmlDataDocument()

      'Load the schema.
      doc.DataSet.ReadXmlSchema("store.xsd") 
 
      'Load the XML data.
      doc.Load("2books.xml")
        
      'Change the price on the first book.
      Dim book as XmlElement 
      book = CType(doc.DocumentElement.FirstChild, XmlElement)
      Dim row as DataRow 
      row = doc.GetRowFromElement(book)
      row.Item("price") = "12.95"
        
     Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML data...")
     Console.WriteLine(doc.DocumentElement.OuterXml)

  end sub
end class

The example uses the following input files:

2books.xml

<!--sample XML fragment-->
<bookstore>
  <book genre='novel' ISBN='10-861003-324'>
    <title>The Handmaid's Tale</title>
    <price>19.95</price>
  </book>
  <book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>
    <title>Pride And Prejudice</title>
    <price>24.95</price>
  </book>
</bookstore>

store.xsd

<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

 <xsd:element name="bookstore" type="bookstoreType"/>

 <xsd:complexType name="bookstoreType">
  <xsd:sequence maxOccurs="unbounded">
   <xsd:element name="book"  type="bookType"/>
  </xsd:sequence>
 </xsd:complexType>

 <xsd:complexType name="bookType">
  <xsd:sequence>
   <xsd:element name="title" type="xsd:string"/>
   <xsd:element name="author" type="authorName"/>
   <xsd:element name="price"  type="xsd:decimal"/>
  </xsd:sequence>
  <xsd:attribute name="genre" type="xsd:string"/>
 </xsd:complexType>

 <xsd:complexType name="authorName">
  <xsd:sequence>
   <xsd:element name="first-name"  type="xsd:string"/>
   <xsd:element name="last-name" type="xsd:string"/>
  </xsd:sequence>
 </xsd:complexType>

</xsd:schema>

Applies to