XDocument parsing - c#

i have created a custom XDocument in c# and it looks like the following
<Filters datetimegenerated="28.07.2013 23:12PM">
<SimpleStringFilter column="xxx" table="yyy" groupby="True" seperatereport="true">
good,bad,ugly
</SimpleStringFilter>
<NumaricalFilter column="zzz" table = "mmm">zzz = 100 or zzz= 50</NumaricalFilter>
</Filters>
parsing it with in c# doesn't seem to work here is my code when i try to parse the StringFilterTags, however i get zero count from the above sample
var filters = from simplestringfilter in xdoc.Root.Element("Filters").Elements("SimpleStringFilter")
let column = simplestringfilter.Attribute("column")
let table = simplestringfilter.Attribute("table")
let groupby = simplestringfilter.Attribute("groupby")
let seperatecolumnby = simplestringfilter.Attribute("seperatereport")
let filterstringval = simplestringfilter.Value
select new
{
Column = column,
Table = table,
GroupBy = groupby,
SeperateColumnBy = seperatecolumnby,
Filterstring = filterstringval
};
what am i doing wrong?

Your query is searching off of the root element checking to see if it has a child Filters element. Since the root is the Filters element, that obviously fails which is why you are not getting any results.
There are two ways to resolve this problem. Just don't search for the Filters off of the root and your query should be fine.
var filters =
from simplestringfilter in xdoc.Root.Elements("SimpleStringFilter")
...
A better way to write it IMHO would be to not query off of the root but the document itself. It will look more natural.
var filters =
from simplestringfilter in xdoc.Element("Filters")
.Elements("SimpleStringFilter")
...

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Check if XML node value already exists in xml file using c#

Please note that I'm new to C# and I learn it right now :) I couldn't find something similar to my problem, so I came here.
I have an application in which I add customers (it's in the final stage). All customers are stored in an XML file. Every single customer gets a new customer number. In my xml file I got an XmlNode called CustNo. Now if the user add a new customer and type in a number which already exist, it should pop up a message box to say that this number already exists. I got this c# code:
XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load(path + "\\save.xml");
var xmlNodeExist = String.Format("Buchhaltung/Customers/CustNo");
var CustNoExist = xdoc.XPathSelectElement(xmlNodeExist);
if (CustNoExist != null)
{
MessageBox.Show("asdf");
}
And my XML file looks like this:
<Buchhaltung>
<Customers>
<CustNo>12</CustNo>
<Surname>Random</Surname>
<Forename>Name</Forename>
<Addr>Address</Addr>
<Zip>12345</Zip>
<Place>New York</Place>
<Phone>1234567890</Phone>
<Mail>example#test.com</Mail>
</Customers>
<Customers>
<CustNo>13</CustNo>
<Surname>Other</Surname>
<Forename>Forename</Forename>
<Addr>My Address</Addr>
<Zip>67890</Zip>
<Place>Manhattan</Place>
<Phone>0987654321</Phone>
<Mail>test#example.com</Mail>
</Customers>
</Buchhaltung>
But then the message box always pops up. What am I doing wrong?
That's because your XPath return all CustNo elements, no matter of it's content.
Try following:
var myNumber = 12;
var xmlNodeExist = String.Format("Buchhaltung/Customers/CustNo[. = {0}]", myNumber.ToString());
or using First and LINQ to XML:
var myNumber = 12;
var xmlNodeExist = "Buchhaltung/Customers/CustNo";
var CustNoExist = xdoc.XPathSelectElements(xmlNodeExist).FirstOrDefault(x => (int)x == myNumber);
You are currently testing for existance of any 'CustNo' element. See this reference about the XPath syntax.
Your XPath should say something like this:
Buchhaltung//Customers[CustNo='12']
which would say "any customers element containing a 'CustNo' element with value = '12'"
Combining that with your current code:
var custNoGivenByCustomer = "12";
var xmlNodeExistsXpath = String.Format("Buchhaltung//Customers[CustNo='{0}']", custNoGivenByCustomer );
var CustNoExist = xdoc.XPathSelectElement(xmlNodeExistsXpath);
You can use LINQ to XML
var number = textBox1.Text;
var CustNoExist = xdoc.Descendants("CustNo").Any(x => (string)x == number);
if(CustNoExist)
{
MessageBox.Show("asdf");
}
This is because you select the CustNo elements regardless of their value. This will filter it to the desired customer number:
int custNo = 12;
var xmlNodeExist = String.Format("Buchhaltung/Customers[CustNo={0}]", custNo);
It selects the Customers elements instead, but since you're just checking for existence, that's unimportant.
W3Schools has a good tutorial/reference on XPath.

Preventing duplicate element access when reading an XML using LINQ

I got an XML that I'm trying to parse using LINQ to XML and convert it to an anonymous list of objects. To do so, I come up with the following code snippet:
var res = doc
.Root
.Elements("Record")
.Elements("Term")
.Select(term => new
{
LanguageCode = term.Attribute("languageCode").Value,
ConceptNumber = Convert.ToInt32(term.Attribute("conceptNumber").Value),
IsHidden = Convert.ToBoolean(term.Attribute("hidden").Value),
Label = term.Value,
InputDate = DateTime.Parse(term.Parent.Element("InputDate").Value),
LastUpdate = DateTime.Parse(term.Parent.Element("LastUpdated").Value)
}).ToList();
Please pay attention to the InputDate & LastUpdate section. As you see, I've to access the parent node (say, term.Parent) so that I can access those 2 elements and this looks messy to me. Is there any way to declare term.Parent once and using it over and over again to extract those properties?
Here's an excerpt of the XML I'm trying to read:
<Record>
<Term languageCode="Prs" conceptNumber="10" hidden="False">Whatever</Term>
<Status>Approved</Status>
<Frequency>0</Frequency>
<InputDate>12/30/1899</InputDate>
<LastUpdate>10/25/2009</LastUpdate>
</Record>
Thank you
You need to use let clause. It creates a new variable inside query and allows to use it multiply times.
In your case it would be
var res = (from term in doc.Root.Elements("Record").Elements("Term")
let parent = term.Parent
select new
{
LanguageCode = term.Attribute("languageCode").Value,
ConceptNumber = Convert.ToInt32(term.Attribute("conceptNumber").Value),
IsHidden = Convert.ToBoolean(term.Attribute("hidden").Value),
Label = term.Value,
InputDate = parent.Element("InputDate").Value,
LastUpdate = parent.Element("LastUpdated").Value
}).ToList();
Note that its a code on a pure LINQ syntax that allow you to express ideas much clearer than using extension methods like in your question.
You can introduce an anonymous class in a projection (This is similar to what let does under the hood) and then use SelectMany() to flatten using the extra properties:
var results = doc.Elements("Record")
.Select( x => new
{
Terms = x.Elements("Term"),
InputDate = DateTime.Parse(x.Element("InputDate").Value),
LastUpdate = DateTime.Parse(x.Element("LastUpdate").Value)
})
.SelectMany(x => x.Terms, (record,term) => new
{
LanguageCode = term.Attribute("languageCode").Value,
..
InputDate = record.InputDate,
LastUpdate = record.LastUpdate
});

Is there a way to access the columns in a Dapper FastExpando via string or index?

I am pulling in a Dapper FastExpando object and want to be able to reference the column names dynamically at run time rather than at design/compile time. So I want to be able to do the following:
var testdata = conn.Query("select * from Ride Where RiderNum = 21457");
I want to be able to do the following:
foreach( var row in testdata) {
var Value = row["PropertyA"];
}
I understand that I can do:
var Value = row.PropertyA;
but I can't do that since the name of the property i'm going to need won't be known until runtime.
The answer from this SO Question doesn't work. I still get the same Target Invocation exception. So...
Is there any way to do what I want to do with a Dapper FastExpando?
Sure, it is actually way easier than that:
var sql = "select 1 A, 'two' B";
var row = (IDictionary<string, object>)connection.Query(sql).First();
row["A"].IsEqualTo(1);
row["B"].IsEqualTo("two");
Regarding the portion of the title "or index?" - I needed to access results by index since the column names being returned changed sometimes, so you can use a variation of Sam Saffron's answer like this:
var sql = "select 1, 'two'";
var row = (IDictionary<string, object>)connection.Query(sql).First();
row.Values.ElementAt(0).IsEqualTo(1);
row.Values.ElementAt(1).IsEqualTo("two");
There a simple way to access fields direct below sample
string strConexao = WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["connection"].ConnectionString;
conexaoBD = new SqlConnection(strConexao);
conexaoBD.Open();
var result = conexaoBD.Query("Select Field1,Field2 from Table").First();
//access field value result.Field1
//access field value result.Field2
if (result.Field1 == "abc"){ dosomething}

Linq to Xml to Datagridview

Right, starting to go crazy here. I have the following code:
var query = (from c in db.Descendants("Customer")
select c.Elements());
dgvEditCusts.DataSource = query.ToList();
In this, db relates to an XDocument.Load call. How can I get the data into the DataGridView?
Just thought I should mention: it returns a completely blank dgv.
Not that the XML should matter too much, but here's an example:
<Root>
<Customer>
<CustomerNumber>1</CustomerNumber>
<EntryDate>2010-04-13T21:59:46.4642+01:00</EntryDate>
<Name>Customer Name</Name>
<Address>Address</Address>
<PostCode1>AB1</PostCode1>
<PostCode2>2XY</PostCode2>
<TelephoneNumber>0123456789</TelephoneNumber>
<MobileNumber>0123456789</MobileNumber>
<AlternativeNumber></AlternativeNumber>
<EmailAddress>email#address.com</EmailAddress>
</Customer>
</Root>
When you call db.Descendants("Customer") you are returning ONLY the elements that have the name Customer in it. NOT it's children. See MSDN Docs.
So when you call c.Elements() it is trying to get the Customer's child elements which don't exist b/c they were filtered out.
I think it might work if you drop the Customer filtering.
Ah, never mind, I've worked out the answer to my own question eventually. Here's the code for anyone else that may have this problem:
var query = from c in db.Descendants("Customer")
select new
{
CustomerNumber = Convert.ToInt32((string)c.Element("CustomerNumber").Value),
Name = (string)c.Element("Name").Value,
Address = (string)c.Element("Address").Value,
Postcode = (string)c.Element("PostCode1").Value + " " + c.Element("PostCode2").Value
};
dgvEditCusts.DataSource = query.ToList();

Specifying return rows in LINQ2DataSet

I have a requirement to extract a distinct subset of rows from a DataTable, and thought LINQ2DataSets may be a useful and clean way to do this, however it appears that it is not possible to simply identify return rows from a LINQ2DS query as follows
var result = from r in fips.AsEnumerable() select
r.Field<string>("FACILITY_PROCESS_SUB_GROUP_CODE"),
r.Field<string>("PROCESS_SUB_GROUP_NAME"),
r.Field<string>("...
as I start getting errors after the first comma.
Is this a correct assumption, and how would I get around it to return a subset of columns from the dataset that I can apply a Distinct() method to?
You forgot the new statement and field names:
var result = from r
in fips.AsEnumerable()
select new
{
FacProcess = r.Field<string>("FACILITY_PROCESS_SUB_GROUP_CODE"),
GroupName = r.Field<string>("PROCESS_SUB_GROUP_NAME"),
Item3 = r.Field<string>("Item3")
};
You can also explicitly declare that you are going to use a type:
var result = from r
in fips.AsEnumerable()
select new MyType("InitClassParams")
{
FacProcess = r.Field<string>("FACILITY_PROCESS_SUB_GROUP_CODE"),
GroupName = r.Field<string>("PROCESS_SUB_GROUP_NAME"),
Item3 = r.Field<string>("Item3")
};
Scott Guthrie (VP Developer Devision, Microsoft) has some good info about LINQ (he talks about LINQ to SQL, but most of it applies regardless).
Then apply the distinct clause:
var result = from r
in fips.AsEnumerable()
select new
{
FacProcess = r.Field<string>("FACILITY_PROCESS_SUB_GROUP_CODE"),
GroupName = r.Field<string>("PROCESS_SUB_GROUP_NAME"),
Item3 = r.Field<string>("Item3")
}
distinct;
Then put it to a list or iterate over it. Nothing will be selected/distincted/etc until something like on of the following is run:
var list = result.ToList()
foreach(var item in result) {}

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