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The ASPX Page and XSLT to style the XML from SQL Server (VB)
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<%@ Page Language="VB"
AutoEventWireup="false"
CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb"
Inherits="_Default" %>
<asp:xml id="Xml1" runat="server" transformsource="~/Data.xslt"/>
File: Data.xslt
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.XPath
Imports System.Xml.Xsl
Partial Class _Default
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles Me.Load
Dim connStr As String = "database=Northwind;Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;" & _
" User id=Tom;pwd=password"
Dim x As New XmlDocument()
Dim xpathnav As XPathNavigator = x.CreateNavigator()
Using conn As New SqlConnection(connStr)
conn.Open()
Dim command As New SqlCommand("select * from Customers as Customer " & _
"for XML AUTO, ELEMENTS", conn)
Using xw As XmlWriter = xpathnav.PrependChild()
xw.WriteStartElement("Customers")
Using xr As XmlReader = command.ExecuteXmlReader()
xw.WriteNode(xr, True)
End Using
xw.WriteEndElement()
End Using
End Using
Xml1.XPathNavigator = xpathnav
End Sub
End Class
File: Data.xslt
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="html"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<h3>List of Customers</h3>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>Company Name</td><td>Contact Name</td><td>Contact Title</td>
</tr>
<xsl:apply-templates select="//Customer"/>
</table>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Customer">
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="CompanyName"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="ContactName"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="ContactTitle"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
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