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Hi, Can you please give simple example for retrieves data from SQL Table and saves it as an XML File? Thanks Praveen

Satyapriya Nayak · Answer

Hi Praveen, Try this... Untitled Page Text="Saving data in xml format" Width="164px" /> using System; using System.Configuration; using System.Data; using System.Linq; using System.Web; using System.Web.Security; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts; using System.Xml.Linq; using System.Data.SqlClient; public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page { string connStr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConnectionString"].ConnectionString; SqlCommand com; SqlDataAdapter sqlda; DataSet ds; string str; protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (!IsPostBack) { bind(); } } void bind() { SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(connStr); try { con.Open(); str = "select * from employee"; com = new SqlCommand(str, con); sqlda = new SqlDataAdapter(com); ds = new DataSet(); sqlda.Fill(ds, "employee"); GridView1.DataSource = ds; GridView1.DataMember = "employee"; GridView1.DataBind(); con.Close(); } catch (Exception ex) { Response.Write(ex.Message); } } protected void btn_save_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { bind(); ds.WriteXml("d:\employee.xml"); Response.Write("Records saved as xml"); } } Thanks If this post helps you mark it as answer

Tulasi · Answer

hi, check the below code . public void CreateXml() { SqlConnection sqlcon = new SqlConnection(connection string); SqlDataAdapter sqldad = new SqlDataAdapter("select * from emp", sqlcon); DataSet dsemp = new DataSet(); sqldad.Fill(dsemp, "Employee"); dsemp.Tables[0].WriteXml(Server.MapPath("XML_Files") + "/testxsl.xml"); } Dataset have a predefined function to save table data as xml file //specific table is converted into xml file , and it is stored at XML_Files folder dsemp.Tables[0].WriteXml(Server.MapPath("XML_Files") + "/testxsl.xml"); Please mark the answer as Accepted if it helps you.

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nishant ranjan · Answer

simple xml generation on button click StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder(); cmd = new SqlCommand() con.Close(); con.Open(); SqlDataReader rd = cmd.ExecuteReader(); if (rd.HasRows) { str.Append(string.Format(" {0}", Environment.NewLine)); str.Append(string.Format(" ", Environment.NewLine)); while (rd.Read()) { str.Append(string.Format("{0} {0} {1} {0} {2} {0} {3} {0} ", Environment.NewLine, rd["patient_id"].ToString(), rd["patient_name"].ToString(), rd["server_id"].ToString())); } str.Append(string.Format("{0} ", Environment.NewLine)); str.Append(string.Format("{0} ", Environment.NewLine)); if (!Directory.Exists(Server.MapPath("xml"))) { Directory.CreateDirectory(Server.MapPath("xml")); } File.WriteAllText(Server.MapPath("~/xml/") + loginnm + ".xml", str.ToString()); //to write in the xml file } else { str.Append(string.Format(" {0}", Environment.NewLine)); str.Append(string.Format(" {0}", Environment.NewLine)); str.Append(string.Format("No Appointment")); str.Append(string.Format(" ", Environment.NewLine)); str.Append(string.Format("{0} ", Environment.NewLine)); if (!Directory.Exists(Server.MapPath("xml"))) { Directory.CreateDirectory(Server.MapPath("xml")); } File.WriteAllText(Server.MapPath("~/xml/") + loginnm + ".xml", str.ToString()); //to write in the xml file } con.Close();

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