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Filling Drop Down List From XML File in ASP.NET C#

If XML is saved as Employees.xml in C Drive:-

Code to be written on PAGE LOAD

DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.ReadXml(MapPath(“C:\\Employees.xml”));

DataView dv = ds.Tables["Employee"].DefaultView;

dv.Sort = “Name”;

ddlCountry.DataTextField = “Name”;
ddlCountry.DataValueField = “ID”;

ddlCountry.DataSource = dv;
ddlCountry.DataBind();

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