In this blog we will know how to Display xml file data into GridView using DataTable.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="Display_xmlfile_gridview_datatable._Default" %><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >


<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server">
</asp:GridView>
<asp:Button ID="btn_showdata" runat="server" onclick="btn_showdata_Click"
Text="Show Xml Data" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>

.CS Code File

using System;

using System.Collections;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;

using System.Xml.Linq;

namespace Display_xmlfile_gridview_datatable

{
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void btn_showdata_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string Path = Server.MapPath("Data.xml");
DataTable dt = new DataTable("student");
dt.Columns.Add("sid", typeof(System.String));
dt.Columns.Add("sname", typeof(System.String));
dt.Columns.Add("saddress", typeof(System.String));
dt.Columns.Add("smarks", typeof(System.String));
dt.ReadXml(Path);
GridView1.DataSource = dt;
GridView1.DataBind();

}

}
}

Data.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>

<studentdata>

<student>

<sid>s001</sid>

<sname>Raj</sname>

<saddress>Orissa</saddress>

<smarks>100</smarks>

</student>

</studentdata>