How to bind the xml data directly in to datgrid with out using dataset?

Note : You can set any object which implements IEnumerable as datasource to DataGrid. Since XMLDocument doesnt implement IEnumberable to DataGrid, we use Nodes collection of XMLDocument which implement IEnumberable as DataSource To Datagrid


--R.Gopi

aspx page

<asp:datagrid id="DataGrid1" runat="server" BorderColor="black" HeaderStyle-BackColor="#aaaadd" HeaderStyle-CssClass="tableHeader" ItemStyle-CssClass="tableItem"
AllowPaging="False" width="700px" AutoGenerateColumns=False>
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateColumn headertext="Product ID" >
<ItemTemplate >
<asp:TextBox style= "width:100px;" id="ProductID" runat= "server" Text='<%# CType(Container.DataItem,System.XML.XMLNode)("Prod uctID").InnerText%>' >
</asp:TextBox>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateColumn>

</asp:datagrid>

Code Behind
Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
If Not IsPostBack Then
Dim oXML As New XmlDataDocument
oXML.Load(Server.MapPath("product.xml"))
DataGrid1.DataSource = oXML.SelectNodes("Product")
DataGrid1.DataBind()
End If
End Sub