Fastest way to parse XML files in C#?
- by LifeH2O
I have to load many XML files from internet. But for testing with better speed i downloaded all of them (more than 500 files) of the following format.
<player-profile>
<personal-information>
<id>36</id>
<fullname>Adam Gilchrist</fullname>
<majorteam>Australia</majorteam>
<nickname>Gilchrist</nickname>
<shortName>A Gilchrist</shortName>
<dateofbirth>Nov 14, 1971</dateofbirth>
<battingstyle>Left-hand bat</battingstyle>
<bowlingstyle>Right-arm offbreak</bowlingstyle>
<role>Wicket-Keeper</role>
<teams-played-for>Western Australia, New South Wales, ICC World XI, Deccan Chargers, Australia</teams-played-for>
<iplteam>Deccan Chargers</iplteam>
</personal-information>
<batting-statistics>
<odi-stats>
<matchtype>ODI</matchtype>
<matches>287</matches>
<innings>279</innings>
<notouts>11</notouts>
<runsscored>9619</runsscored>
<highestscore>172</highestscore>
<ballstaken>9922</ballstaken>
<sixes>149</sixes>
<fours>1000+</fours>
<ducks>0</ducks>
<fifties>55</fifties>
<catches>417</catches>
<stumpings>55</stumpings>
<hundreds>16</hundreds>
<strikerate>96.95</strikerate>
<average>35.89</average>
</odi-stats>
<test-stats>
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</test-stats>
<t20-stats>
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</t20-stats>
<ipl-stats>
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</ipl-stats>
</batting-statistics>
<bowling-statistics>
<odi-stats>
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</odi-stats>
<test-stats>
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</test-stats>
<t20-stats>
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</t20-stats>
<ipl-stats>
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</ipl-stats>
</bowling-statistics>
</player-profile>
I am using
XmlNodeList list = _document.SelectNodes("/player-profile/batting-statistics/odi-stats");
And then loop this list with foreach as
foreach (XmlNode stats in list)
{
_btMatchType = GetInnerString(stats, "matchtype"); //it returns null string if node not availible
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_btAvg = Convert.ToDouble(stats["average"].InnerText);
}
Even i am loading all files offline, parsing is very slow
Is there any good faster way to parse them? Or is it problem with SQL? I am saving all extracted data from XML to database using DataSets, TableAdapters with insert command.
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