System.Data Namespace   DataSet Class

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Writes the current data for a DataSet using the specified System.IO.TextWriter.

[ VB ]
Overloads Public Sub WriteXml ( _
   ByVal writer As TextWriter _
)

[ C# ]
public void WriteXml (
   TextWriter writer
);

[ C++ ]
public: void WriteXml (
   TextWriter* writer
);

[ JScript ]
public function WriteXml (
   writer : TextWriter
);

writer

The TextWriter object with which to write.

The WriteXml method provides a way to write either data only, or both data and schema from a DataSet into an XML document, whereas the WriteXmlSchema method writes only the schema. To write both data and schema, use one of the overloads that includes the XmlWriteMode parameter, and set its value to WriteSchema.

Note that the same is true for the ReadXml and ReadXmlSchema methods, respectively. To read XML data, or both schema and data into the DataSet, use the ReadXml method. To read just the schema, use the ReadXmlSchema method.

DataSet Members   DataSet.WriteXml Overload List   WriteXmlSchema   ReadXml   ReadXmlSchema

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