To copy data from DataTable
or DataSet
to SQL Server, we need to use either foreach
or for
loop. It is OK when the count of rows is reasonable. But if the data is like 1 lakh or 1 crore, then it is not possible to round the loop for that much time. Then what do we do? A simple and easy way to follow is use XML. I am sure you all are more or less aware of this XML. It's like the database with tags. Or I better to say it's a database. It keeps data into a file with extension of ".xml".
Our intention is to convert the DataTable
's data into an XML file and send it to server, where with the help of a stored procedure, we will extract data and insert into the database table. So let's come and see how to do this...
First of all, create a new database and create a new table, name it as you want. Database table structure will be like this:
Name NVarChar(255) not null
Address NVarChar(255) not null
Phone NvarChar(12) not null
OK, now we need to create a new DataTable
and put some data on it. Make sure your column and the database table's column are the same.
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
dt.Columns.Add("Name");
dt.Columns.Add("Address");
dt.Columns.Add("Phone");
dt.Rows.Add("Arkadeep", "Kolkata", "123456890");
dt.Rows.Add("Saikat", "Chennai", "99999999");
dt.Rows.Add("Sucheta", "Delhi", "9876543210");
Now you have to convert this DataTable
into XML. To do this, copy and paste the following code after the DataTable
section.
private static string ConvertToXML(DataTable dt)
{
DataSet dsBuildSQL = new DataSet();
StringBuilder sbSQL;
StringWriter swSQL;
string XMLformat;
try
{
sbSQL = new StringBuilder();
swSQL = new StringWriter(sbSQL);
dsBuildSQL.Merge(dt, true, MissingSchemaAction.AddWithKey);
dsBuildSQL.Tables[0].TableName = "DataTable";
foreach (DataColumn col in dsBuildSQL.Tables[0].Columns)
{
col.ColumnMapping = MappingType.Attribute;
}
dsBuildSQL.WriteXml(swSQL, XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema);
XMLformat = sbSQL.ToString();
return XMLformat;
}
catch (Exception sysException)
{
throw sysException;
}
}
Call this method to convert the DataTable
to XML.
String xmlData = ConvertToXML(dt);
Now pass the value to the stored procedure like the following way:
SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["connection"].ToString());
SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("sp_InsertData '" + xmlData + "'", conn);
conn.Open();
command.ExecuteNonQuery();
conn.Close();
Now let's check the stored procedure sp_InsertData
.
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_InsertData
(@xmlString VARCHAR(MAX))
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @xmlHandle INT
DECLARE @stagingTable TABLE
(
[Name] VARCHAR(50),
[Address] VARCHAR(50),
[Phone] VARCHAR(50)
)
EXEC sp_xml_preparedocument @xmlHandle output, @xmlString
INSERT INTO@stagingTable
SELECT [Name] ,
[Address],
[Phone]
FROM OPENXML (@xmlHandle, '/DataTable',1)
WITH ([Name] varchar(50) '@Name',
[Address] varchar(50) '@Address',
[Phone] varchar(50) '@Phone'
)
INSERT INTOSampleData ([Name], [Address], [Phone])
(SELECT [Name] , [Address],[Phone]FROM @stagingTable)
EXEC sp_xml_removedocument @xmlHandle
END
Now run your project and after running this, check your database table to see whether data has been inserted or not...