Suppose you have an XML document for a dataset, but you have no XML Schema for it. You can call the READ-XML( ) method on a ProDataSet handle and create a dynamic ProDataSet object in ABL.

This XML document is an example:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<myDataSet>
  <Department>
    <DeptCode>400</DeptCode>
    <DeptName>Sales</DeptName>
  </Department>
  <Employee EmpNum="3">
    <DeptCode>400</DeptCode>
    <LastName>Smith</LastName>
    <FirstName>Lee</FirstName>
    <Address>1342 Atlantic Ave</Address>
    <City>Boston</City>
  </Employee>
  <Family RelativeName="Ken Koberlein">
    <Relation>Spouse</Relation>
    <IncludedOnBenefits>true</IncludedOnBenefits>
    <EmpNum>3</EmpNum>
  </Family>
</myDataSet>

Using READ-XML( ) on a ProDataSet object will create a ProDataSet named myDataSet with three temp-table buffers: Department, Employee and Family. The Department temp-table has two CHARACTER fields: DeptCode and DeptName. The Employee temp-table has six CHARACTER fields: EmpNum, DeptCode, LastName, FirstName, Address and City. The Family temp-table has four CHARACTER fields: RelativeName, Relation, IncludedOnBenefits, and EmpNum.

Using READ-XML( ) on a temp-table object will fail, since there is more than one temp-table represented in the XML document.