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&nbsp; Hi,<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;I am developing &nbsp;a &nbsp;vb.net windows appln. &nbsp;I am writing from &nbsp;oracle database to an XML file. &nbsp;In another applicaion from this XML file , ultimately &nbsp;I need to show the contents on &nbsp;a &nbsp;datagrid &nbsp;. <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; My issue is &nbsp;all the columns on the the datagrid &nbsp;are recognised as string &nbsp;. I have integer,double and datetime columns . THe sorting on these columns are now &quot;string sorting&quot;<br />
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&nbsp; can you help?<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp;sam
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  Hi,
   I am developing  a  vb.net windows appln.  I am writing from  oracle database to an XML file.  In another applicaion from this XML file , ultimately  I need to show the contents on  a  datagrid  . 
    My issue is  all the columns on the the datagrid  are recognised as string  . I have integer,double and datetime columns . THe sorting on these columns are now "string sorting"

  can you help?

   sam

Xml file to datagrid

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