How to read XML into a DataTable?

Question

I have some XML in a string in memory exactly like this:

  EURCHF
  EURGBP

        

Answer 1

I've been searching for a easy way to do the same for some time too, but never really found what I actually wanted. Here's one solution I came across. It works, but I don't really like it as I have to Read the File with a DataSet and then put the create Table in the DataSet into a DataTable.

Anyway's, here's the code:

DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.ReadXml(path);
DataTable newDataTable = ds.Tables[0];

I also tried .ReadXml for the DataTable but it always threw an Exception.

I'm not happy with this solution, but it at least works.