How to filter data in an XML file

XML is a platform independent language, so the information formatted in XML can be used in any other platforms (Operating Systems). If we create an XML file in one platform it can be used in other platforms also. The .Net technology is widely supported XML file format. Also the Dataset in ADO.NET uses XML format as its internal storage format.

Here we are going to filter an XML file content and store the result in a newly created XML file. We have an XML file Product.XML , and it has a field Product_Price. We are giving a search criteria like the Product_Price >= 3000 and store the result in a newly created XML file Result.XML.

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Imports System.Xml
Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim xmlFile As XmlReader
        xmlFile = XmlReader.Create("Product.xml", New XmlReaderSettings())
        Dim ds As New DataSet
        Dim dv As DataView
        ds.ReadXml(xmlFile)
        dv = New DataView(ds.Tables(0), "Product_price > = 3000", "Product_Name", DataViewRowState.CurrentRows)
        dv.ToTable().WriteXml("Result.xml")
        MsgBox("Done")
    End Sub
End Class

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