Parsing, sorting and displaying xml

[TheNewGirl]

I am new to .net and xml programming. I have a project that I am working on.
I will send the content of a form, to different servers, for them to search their databases for info about an individual.
I will be sending this info (via a get) in the URL.
I will receive info from the search back as xml results. I will get back this info from at least 4 different servers. I need to parse the info
then sort it by a couple of criteria and finally print it out in a color-coded table.(Which department (server) the data came from is a different color). I have been reading many articles and books in the past week trying to figure out the best way to solve this problem. Here’s what I have come up with:

Get the XML results --> Parse into a DOM --> Put into a memory table (I thought of using XPATH on the DOM instead of a memory table but I need to sort the data) --> Writing out the table using a data grid

Am I on the right track or way off base??? I am trying to learn too much too fast! Any suggestions for the problem I am facing????

[Charles]

You're on the right track. Just don't try to write your own parser. What scripting language do you expect to use?

[TheNewGirl]

I'm planninig on using VB. I have been reading about datasets
and tables in memory. I am thinking of putting the data in
one of these to do my sorting. Any suggestions on places to
find examples of all of this stuff? Good sites to checkout?

[Charles]

I don't know of any XML parsers in VB. Any chance that you could use Java? It comes standard with an XML parser.

[d-logic]

you could try the codeproject (http://www.codeproject.com) it's a good site for beginner's end even more advanced.