Introduction
In this article I am going to make a XML Web
service that exposes the Default table from a SQL Server database. For the basics
of XML Web Service read my last article, click here.
First go through SQL Server and make a table.
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Database- akshay
Table Name-member
Creating XML Web Service in .Net
Here is sample code which I use to create
and consume ASP.NET
Web Service:
Step 1 : Create the ASP.NET Web
Service Source File
Open Visual Studio 2010 and create a new web
site.->Select .Net Framework 3.5. ->Select ASP.NET Web Service page -> Then, you
have to give the name of your service. In this example I am giving it the name "mywebservice".
Then Click the ok Button. A screen-shot of this activity is shown below.
![WEBSRVICE.gif]()
Step 2 : Click on the "OK" button; you will
see the following window:
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Here (in the above figure), you will note that
there is a predefined method "HelloWorld" which returns the string "Hello
World". You can use your own method and can perform other operations.
Here I made the simple method "Getmember" which returns the Dataset.
Service.cs
using
System;
using
System.Collections.Generic;
using
System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using
System.Web.Services;
using
System.Data;
using
System.Data.SqlClient;
namespace
mywebservice
{
///
<summary>
/// Summary
description for Service1
///
</summary>
[WebService(Namespace =
"http://tempuri.org/")]
[WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo =
WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)]
[System.ComponentModel.ToolboxItem(false)]
// To allow this Web Service to be called from
script, using ASP.NET AJAX, uncomment the following line.
//
[System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptService]
public class
Service1 : System.Web.Services.WebService
{
SqlConnection con;
SqlDataAdapter adap;
DataSet ds;
[WebMethod]
public
DataSet Getmember()
{
con = new
SqlConnection(@"Data
Source=.;Initial Catalog=akshay;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=sa;pwd=wintellect;");
adap = new
SqlDataAdapter("select
* from member", con);
ds = new
DataSet();
adap.Fill(ds, "member");
return ds;
}
}
}
Step 3 : Build Web Service and Run the Web Service
for testing by pressing F5 function key.
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Copy the url of this web service for further
use.
Step 5 : click on Getmember button to test the web
service.
![img5.gif]()
Step 6 : Click on the Invoke button; you will see
the following XML file.
![img6.gif]()
![img61.gif]()
Now our web service is ready to use; we just need
to create a new web site to consume web service.
Example of Testing Web Service in .Net.
Step 7 : Create a Test Web Site by
File > New > Web Site > ASP.Net Web Site.
![WEBSRVICE1.gif]()
Named the web site, for example here I have
choosen name "Test".
Step 8 : Right Click Solution Explorer and Choose "Add Web
Reference...":
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Step 9 : Past the url of the web service and click on
"Green arrow" button and then "Add reference".
![img9.gif]()
Step 10 : Now your web service is ready to use In the
Solution Explorer you will see.
![img10.gif]()
Step 11 : Go to the Design of the Default.aspx page and drag and
drop a button; rename it as "Show" and GridView (Inside data) as.
![img11.gif]()
Step 12 : Go to the Default.cs page and for the
button click event put the following code.
protected
void Button1_Click(object
sender, EventArgs e)
{
localhost.Service mys = new localhost.Service(); // you need to create the object of the web service
mys.Getmember();
GridView1.DataSource =
mys.Getmember();
GridView1.DataBind();
}
Step 13-
Pressing the F5 function key to run the website, you will see:
![img12.gif]()
Step 13 : Click on Show
button.
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