允许同步 DataSet 和 XmlDataDocument 之间的关系,使你能够使用 XML 服务,例如通过 XML 路径语言 (XPath) 查询访问 XmlDataDocument,并可以比直接访问 DataSet 更方便地执行某些功能。 例如,与其使用 Select 方法将关系导航到 DataTable 中的其他表,不如对与 DataSet 同步的 XmlDataDocument 执行 XPath 查询,以获取形式为 XmlNodeList 的 XML 元素列表。 然后,可以将 XmlNodeList 中的节点转换为XmlElement节点,传递给 GetRowFromElementXmlDataDocument 的方法,以返回对同步DataRow中表行的匹配引用。
例如,以下代码示例执行“孙级”XPath 查询。
DataSet 中填充了三个表:Customers、Orders 和 OrderDetails。 在此示例中,首先在Customers表与Orders表之间,以及Orders表与OrderDetails表之间创建父子关系。 然后执行 XPath 查询以返回一个 XmlNodeList 节点, Customers 其中孙 OrderDetails 节点具有 ProductID 值为 43 的节点。 从本质上讲,该示例使用 XPath 查询来确定哪些客户订购了包含 ProductID 43 的产品。
' Assumes that connection is a valid SqlConnection.
connection.Open()
Dim dataSet As DataSet = New DataSet("CustomerOrders")
Dim customerAdapter As SqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter( _
"SELECT * FROM Customers", connection)
customerAdapter.Fill(dataSet, "Customers")
Dim orderAdapter As SqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter( _
"SELECT * FROM Orders", connection)
orderAdapter.Fill(dataSet, "Orders")
Dim detailAdapter As SqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter( _
"SELECT * FROM [Order Details]", connection)
detailAdapter.Fill(dataSet, "OrderDetails")
connection.Close()
dataSet.Relations.Add("CustOrders", _
dataSet.Tables("Customers").Columns("CustomerID"), _
dataSet.Tables("Orders").Columns("CustomerID")).Nested = true
dataSet.Relations.Add("OrderDetail", _
dataSet.Tables("Orders").Columns("OrderID"), _
dataSet.Tables("OrderDetails").Columns("OrderID"), false).Nested = true
Dim xmlDoc As XmlDataDocument = New XmlDataDocument(dataSet)
Dim nodeList As XmlNodeList = xmlDoc.DocumentElement.SelectNodes( _
"descendant::Customers[*/OrderDetails/ProductID=43]")
Dim dataRow As DataRow
Dim xmlNode As XmlNode
For Each xmlNode In nodeList
dataRow = xmlDoc.GetRowFromElement(CType(xmlNode, XmlElement))
If Not dataRow Is Nothing then Console.WriteLine(xmlRow(0).ToString())
Next
// Assumes that connection is a valid SqlConnection.
connection.Open();
DataSet dataSet = new DataSet("CustomerOrders");
SqlDataAdapter customerAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter(
"SELECT * FROM Customers", connection);
customerAdapter.Fill(dataSet, "Customers");
SqlDataAdapter orderAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter(
"SELECT * FROM Orders", connection);
orderAdapter.Fill(dataSet, "Orders");
SqlDataAdapter detailAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter(
"SELECT * FROM [Order Details]", connection);
detailAdapter.Fill(dataSet, "OrderDetails");
connection.Close();
dataSet.Relations.Add("CustOrders",
dataSet.Tables["Customers"].Columns["CustomerID"],
dataSet.Tables["Orders"].Columns["CustomerID"]).Nested = true;
dataSet.Relations.Add("OrderDetail",
dataSet.Tables["Orders"].Columns["OrderID"],
dataSet.Tables["OrderDetails"].Columns["OrderID"],
false).Nested = true;
XmlDataDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDataDocument(dataSet);
XmlNodeList nodeList = xmlDoc.DocumentElement.SelectNodes(
"descendant::Customers[*/OrderDetails/ProductID=43]");
DataRow dataRow;
foreach (XmlNode xmlNode in nodeList)
{
dataRow = xmlDoc.GetRowFromElement((XmlElement)xmlNode);
if (dataRow != null)
Console.WriteLine(dataRow[0]);
}