Rick,

Rather than mess with the XmlDataDocument class, have you tried simply reading the XML file directly with the DataSet's ReadXml() method?

MyTypedDataSet ds = new MyTypedDataSet();
ds.ReadXml(MyXmlFile);

~~Bonnie

>I am trying to synchronize an XML file with a DataSet. As such I am trying to use the XmlDataDocument class. I have a strongly typed DataSet but do not want to use a schema with the XML file. Unfortunately, when I load the XML into the XmlDataDoc I can see the tables, but not any rows in the tables. Am I doing something wrong here or do I have to have a schema with the XML file for this to work? BTW it does work with the schema but as soon as I remove the reference to the schema from the XML document I stop seeing the data rows.
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>Thanks
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>Rick Grinter