myDataSet.ReadXml(Server.MapPath("books.xml"))

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is the prope way to read xml files, as long as they are on my server, but how
do i access them from other sites, such as http://www.site.com/xmltoread.xm

 

[Scott Mitchell [MVP]]

is the prope way to read xml files, as long as they are on my server, but how
do i access them from other sites, such as http://www.site.com/xmltoread.xm

You can pull it into an XmlDocument or XmlTextReader, for example, by
providing a remote URL in the constructor. See this article for a demo:
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/031903-1.aspx

Or you can pull it down locally using the WebClient class. For
information on grabbing remote content over an HTTP request from an
ASP.NET page (such as an XML file), check out:
http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/070601-1.shtml

hth