How to write XML to a string

[Tosch]

I have successfully been using XMLTextWriter to write XML to a file.

But how to I write XML to a string which I can then use to store in a
database?


Tosch

 

[Shiva]

Hi,
One option it to use the StringWriter as the base for your XmlTextWriter
(use the XmlTextWriter contructor that takes a TextWriter as its parameter).
After your are done with all your XML writing, simply call the ToString() on
the StringWriter to get the string representation of the XML.

I have successfully been using XMLTextWriter to write XML to a file.

But how to I write XML to a string which I can then use to store in a
database?


Tosch

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Tosh,

In addition to Shiva, when it is a dataset it can easily with this, (The
same as Shiva said with a XML document, however even shorter)

Serialize
\\\\
Dim sw As New System.IO.StringWriter
ds.WriteXml(sw)
Dim mystring As String = sw.tostring
///
Deserialize
\\\
Dim sr As New System.IO.StringReader(mystring)
Dim ds2 As New DataSet
ds2.ReadXml(sr)
///
I hope this helps a little bit?

Cor

 

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Tosch,
As the others have suggested, you can use a StringWriter, however be careful
as the StringWriter will assume UTF-16.

Dim buffer As New System.IO.StringWriter
Dim writer As New XmlTextWriter(buffer)

If you want or need the string stored in a different encoding (UTF-8) then
you may want to consider a MemoryStream instead... Or create a class that
inherits from StringWriterwhich overrides the StringWriter.Encoding property
and return the Encoding of your choice.

Hope this helps
Jay