Hi, Can you use an XML Datasource in Code behind (say in the page load event) to bind to a repeater control? I try the code below but nothing shows up when I run the page

This is the code behind:

if (!Page.IsPostBack)
        {
            XmlDataSource xds = new XmlDataSource();

            xds.DataFile = "~/App_Data/test.xml";
            xds.XPath = "/NewDataSet/Customers[CustomerID = 'ALFKI']/Orders[Freight > 30]";

            repeaterXML.DataSource = xds;
        }

 and this is the source:

<asp:Repeater ID="repeaterXML" runat="server">
        <HeaderTemplate><table><tr><td>Hello World</td></tr></HeaderTemplate>
        
        <ItemTemplate><tr><td><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"Freight") %></td></tr></ItemTemplate>
        
        <FooterTemplate><tr><td>This is the footer</td></tr></FooterTemplate>
        
        </asp:Repeater>

Any help would be most appreciated

You need to call repeaterXML.DataBind() I think.

 You almost there .. look closely at the way data displayed in reapeter below ie <%# XPath("URL") %>

xds.XPath = "ROOT/ROW"

xds.DataFile = "~/YourXML.xml"

<asp:Repeater ID="Repeater1" runat="server" >

<HeaderTemplate>

<table>

</HeaderTemplate>

<ItemTemplate>

<tr>

<TD>

<a href='<%# XPath("URL") %>' ><%#XPath("URL")%></a>

</TD>

<TD><%#XPath("Hits")%></TD>

</TR>

</ItemTemplate>

<FooterTemplate>

</table>

</FooterTemplate>

</asp:Repeater>

<ROOT >

<URL>

<Hits>

</ROW>