[Mono-list] Binding XML Data to DataList

[Marc DM]

Forget it. I've already started to rewrite the thing using the
System.Web.UI.WebControls.Xml control in place of the Datalist/grid. 

the XSLT code to do the transform is much simpler imho than the
DataBinding code needed to create the DataSource and bind to the
datalist. 

It was a bad idea to begin with. 

MDM

On Sat, 2005-06-18 at 12:30 -0500, Marc DM wrote:

> I'm trying to find a nice way to display XML Data in an ASP.NET page
> similar to DataBinding web controls like the DataGrid and DataList.
> 
> I know I could use DataSet.ReadXml method to import my Xml into a
> dataset and then Bind that to the DataGrid but I don't want to convert
> the hierarchical data coming from the Xml files into relational data
> that will defeat the purpose of using xml. It would also result in me
> having to write (and debug) more code. 
> 
> I encountered Alex Feinman's blog on the same subject
> http://blog.opennetcf.org/afeinman/PermaLink,guid,ca4b6843-8efe-48fd-a9a6-27ca30b947e9.aspx
> 
> I downloaded the package and am now trying it out. However, I'm
> getting an error which indicates that the XmlDataBinder object is
> exposing an XmlElement to the DataList as opposed to exposing the
> string found at the XPath string specified.
> 
> The error I get is :
> 
>   >> Property @href not found in System.Xml.XmlElement
> 
> on mono/xsp
> and
> 
>   >> DataBinder.Eval: 'System.Xml.XmlElement' does not contain a
> property with the name @href
> 
> on Win2k/.NET 1.1.4322.2032
> 
> the ItemTemplate that  throws the error looks like 
> 
> <asp:HyperLink runat="server" 
> NavigateUrl=<%
> #DataBinder.Eval(((DataListItem)Container).DataItem,"@href") %> >
> <asp:Image runat="server" width="200"
> ImageUrl=<%
> #DataBinder.Eval(((DataListItem)Container).DataItem,"@thumbnail")%>
> AlternateText=<%#DataBinder.Eval(((DataListItem)Container).DataItem,
> "@caption") + ".jpg"%> />
> <br />
> <sectionLink><%
> #DataBinder.Eval(((DataListItem)Container).DataItem,"@caption")%
> ></sectionLink>
> </asp:HyperLink>
> 
> and when creating the XmlDataSource object, the following parameters
> are used :
> 
> dlg.DataSource = new XmlDataSource(xdoc1.DocumentElement.ChildNodes,
> XmlDataSourceMode.DataSourceModeAuto);
> 
> 
> Has anyone else tried this or something similar? 
> 
> Help ! :(
> 
> Marc DM
> 
> Kingston, JM 
> 
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