Ryan Plant wrote:
> As far as programatically parsing an XSD file, try using the
> XmlSchemaObjectCollection and XmlSchemaObject classes in the
> System.Xml.Schema namespace. Mixed with the familiar manner of using
a
> FileStream to read in the physical file you can iterate through the
> PropertyInfo objects in the collection. This might not be as
touchy-feely as
> you may be looking for... Look at the sample code in the .NET
Framework SDK
> for one of the above cited classes and you will get an idea as to
what I am
> talking about.
>
> I don't know if you've already looked into this but within the
DataSet class
> members within the System.Data namespace you will notice some methods
dealing
> directly with schema. Since the internal meta representation of a
DataSet is
> as schema you can imagine why there is so much support for schemas
with
> DataSets... This is partly why DataSets are such fat objects.
Nevertheless
> consider the WriteXmlSchema() method when you already have a DataSet
that you
> created either from an XML file or a database operation. Like
before, using
> this method on your DataSet together with a nice FileStream and
possibly an
> XmlTextWriter you can write out the schema to a physical file or to
the
> output buffer of your choice.
>
> I hope this helps somewhat.
>
> "Mad Scientist Jr" wrote:
>
> > I have an XSD dataset file (say "mydataset.xsd") that I want to
parse
> > with code and loop through the table names, and the relationships,
> > constraints, etc.
> >
> > Can someone point me to any sample code that does something
similar?
> > Even code that simply reads an XSD file, since I have never done
this.
> > Do I need to use DOM?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >