Getting Started, "Merge XML Documents," by Kathleen Dollard [Visual Studio Magazine, August 2003]

This zip file contains a project that demonstrates an intimate merge of three
XML files. Open up these files and see how this task is accomplished.

The first step is to create three XML files. This requires accessing your 
Northwind database. If you dont have it installed, modify the source code to 
access a database you have available. I am using SQL Server, but you can modify
the code in btnCreate_Click of MergeTest.vb to access other databases, or use
another provider. Im using windows authentication, and if you want to change 
that, you can change the connection string in SQLConnection1.

Then youve got to transform all of the XML into a single format. The Survey.XML
is already in the right format, so you can just change the XML from the 
Customers and Orders table. This translation is via the CustomerConvert.XSLT,
also in btnCreate_Click

Then youre ready for the intimate merge. The real code is contained in the
Tools.vb class, and accessed through the btnMerge_Click.

Enjoy!
Kathleen
