With ASP.NET 3.5 I can easily bind to an XML file by using an XmlDataSource.
How can I bind to an XML string instead of a file?
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Use the XmlDataSource.Data property.
XmlDataSource dataSource = new XmlDataSource();
dataSource.Data = "<root><element>Item #1</element><element>Item #2</element></root>";
dataSource.XPath = "root/element";
dataSource.DataBind();
Alternately, you could specify the data declaratively:
<asp:xmldatasource
id="XmlDataSource1"
runat="server"
>
<data>
<Books>
<LanguageBooks>
<Book Title="Pure JavaScript" Author="Wyke, Gilliam, and Ting"/>
<Book Title="Effective C++ Second Edition" Author="Scott Meyers"/>
<Book Title="Assembly Language Step-By-Step" Author="Jeff Duntemann"/>
<Book Title="Oracle PL/SQL" Author="Steven Feuerstein"/>
</LanguageBooks>
<SecurityBooks>
<Book Title="Counter Hack" Author="Ed Skoudis"/>
</SecurityBooks>
</Books>
</data>
</asp:xmldatasource>
Comments
From the XmlDataSource docs here:
XML data can also be stored directly by the data source control in string form using the Data property.
