How to convert DataTable to XML in C# ?

Method for convert DataTable to XML in C#:


 public string ConvertToXML(DataTable dt)
{
MemoryStream mstr = new MemoryStream();
dt.WriteXml(mstr, true);
mstr.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(mstr);
string xmlString;
xmlString = sr.ReadToEnd();
return (xmlString);
}



OR

///
/// This method is used to convert the DataTable into string XML format.
///
/// DataTable to be converted./// (string) XML form of the DataTable.
private static string ConvertDataTableToXML(DataTable dtBuildSQL)
{
DataSet dsBuildSQL = new DataSet();
StringBuilder sbSQL;
StringWriter swSQL;
string XMLformat;

sbSQL = new StringBuilder();
swSQL = new StringWriter(sbSQL);
dsBuildSQL.Merge(dtBuildSQL, true, MissingSchemaAction.AddWithKey);
dsBuildSQL.Tables[0].TableName = "Table";
foreach (DataColumn col in dsBuildSQL.Tables[0].Columns)
{
col.ColumnMapping = MappingType.Attribute;
}
dsBuildSQL.WriteXml(swSQL, XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema);
XMLformat = sbSQL.ToString();
return XMLformat;
}

3 comments:

  1. Good Article ..

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  2. thanks..for DataTable to Xml..
    good work

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  3. any syntax that can convert that string to xml element?
    I mean the shortest, im working on my final year project so im trying to make my coding short

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