Using XML and XPath for a GridView

This demonstrates how to use XML and XPath with a GridView to display links:

    <asp:GridView ID="gvLinks" runat="server" DataSourceID="XmlDataSource1" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
    <Columns>
        <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Link">
            <ItemTemplate>    
            <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server" Target="_blank" NavigateUrl='<%#XPath("href") %>'>
                <%#XPath("title")%>
            </asp:HyperLink>
            </ItemTemplate>    
        </asp:TemplateField>
        <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Description">
            <ItemTemplate>
                <asp:Label ID="lblrOwner" runat="server" Text=&lt;%#XPath("description")%&gt;></asp:Label>
            </ItemTemplate>
        </asp:TemplateField>
    </Columns>
    </asp:GridView>
    <asp:XmlDataSource ID="XmlDataSource1" runat="server" DataFile="~/App_Data/Links.xml"
        XPath="links/link"></asp:XmlDataSource>

Here is the XML file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<links>
  <link>
    <title>Yahoo</title>
    <href>http://www.yahoo.com/</href>
    <owner>Yang</owner>
    <description>Yahoo web portal</description>
  </link>
  <link>
    <title>MSN</title>
    <href>http://www.msn.com/</href>
    <owner>Balmer</owner>
    <description>Microsoft web portal</description>
  </link>
  <link>
    <title>Delicious</title>
    <href>http://del.icio.us/</href>
    <owner></owner>
    <description>Internet bookmark manager</description>
  </link>
  <link>
    <title>YouTube</title>
    <href>http://youtube.com/</href>
    <owner></owner>
    <description>Internet videos</description>
  </link>
  <link>
    <title>SlashDot</title>
    <href>http://slashdot.org/</href>
    <owner></owner>
    <description>News that matters</description>
  </link>  
  
</links>

Reference: http://bytes.com/forum/thread528704.html