Re: DataBase
From: Andrew J. Kelly (sqlmvpnooospam_at_shadhawk.com)
Date: 12/03/04
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Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 14:33:40 -0500
Actualy I just took a look at one of the projects I played around with in VB
a while back and I did in fact use a DataSet. Take a look at the DataSet
methods for:
ds.ReadXmlSchema("c:\attendees_Schema.xml")
ds.ReadXml("c:\Attendees_Data.xml")
There are also equivelent Write methods as well.
-- Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP "Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooospam@shadhawk.com> wrote in message news:eW0F3cT2EHA.1076@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... > It's been a while since I did that but I don't believe you even need a > dataset. I think you can just create a datatable with the columns the way > you want. Then if you populate it with some rows you can save the data as > an XML document (I will look up the method when I get back) on your hard > drive. And later on you can import it back into the datatable. Once it > is in the datatable you can do anything you normally can against it such > as selects, filters etc. It does not matter where the data came from, the > databale behaves pretty much the same. Sorry I don't know anything about > dbase being supported with windows other than there are odbc and possibly > oledb drivers for it now, > > -- > Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP > > > <John.Arthur@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1101980560.308484.263900@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... >> >> I am preaty new to ADO.NET, so let me see if I get it right. >> So if I have some kind of a DataSet I will be able to save it in a >> XML.Next time I start the aplication I will be able to load it in the >> DataSet, so whe whole data will be in the memory. >> But how I will run a select query against this data set? >> >> And do you know something a databse that comes directly with windows. I >> heard something that dbase in the newest version of windows is fully >> suported. >> >> Thankes. >> >> Andrew J. Kelly wrote: >>> You can use XML to store the data pretty easily. If you build the >> tables >>> with ADO.net you can import or export the data to XML. For a small >>> application without a real db I think it is better than a flat file. >>> >>> -- >>> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP >>> >>> >>> "John Arthur" <John.Arthur@gmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:a88731b6.0412010819.6f4c1567@posting.google.com... >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > I need to create a small application that uses a file to write and >>> > store some data and then uses this data. What I actually need to >> know >>> > is it posible to create this as a database and create tables in it, >>> > and then read info from this tables with "select" - some kind of a >>> > database, but I need it not to use any SQl server. Just a file to >>> > write in. May be some kind of a .dat file. I heard the Windows has >>> > samething like that build in. So if I uses C# may be I will be able >> to >>> > use it? >>> > Can someone help me with that. >>> > >>> > Thankes. >> > >
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