对数据集执行 XPath 查询

允许同步 DataSetXmlDataDocument 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:CustomersOrdersOrderDetails。 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]);
}

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