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Asked: 2026-05-13T12:55:55+00:00

I have an xml file from an external system that looks like this. <?xml

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I have an xml file from an external system that looks like this.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Envelope xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    <Body>
        <Element1>
            <Element2 day="2009-10-18">
                <Element3 name="Joe">
                    <Element4 time="1">
                        <Element5 amount="0" price="16.58"/>
                    </Element4>
                </Element3>
                <Element3 name="Fred">
                    <Element4 time="5">
                        <Element5 amount="0" price="15.41"/>
                    </Element4>
                </Element3>
            </Element2>
        </Element1>
    </Body>
</Envelope>

I need to flatten this and put it into a sql table that will look like this.

day, name, time, amount, price
2009-10-18, Joe, 1, 0, 16.58
2009-10-18, Fred, 5, 0, 15.41

What is the best way to read the xml and insert it into my DB? I’ve been playing with linq but without much sucess thus far.

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  1. Editorial Team

    This article is a good starting point for the basic idea.

    Extracting XML and Insert Bulk Data using LINQ to XML and LINQ to SQL

    Adding a bit more here for those who might be interested in a similar solution.

                XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(@"myxml.xml");
            DataContext bt = new DataContext();

            var docxml = from c in doc.Elements("Envelope").Elements("Body").Elements("Element1").Elements("Element2").Elements("Element3")

                     select new mytable()
                     {
                         MyKey = Guid.NewGuid(),
                         day = Convert.ToDateTime(c.Parent.Attribute("day").Value),
                         name = c.FirstAttribute.Value,
                         time = Convert.ToInt32(c.Element("Element4").FirstAttribute.Value),
                         price = Convert.ToDecimal(c.Element("Element4").Element("Element5").Attribute("price").Value),
                         amount = Convert.ToDecimal(c.Element("Element4").Element("Element5").Attribute("amount").Value)

                     };

            bt.mytable.InsertAllOnSubmit(docxml);
            bt.SubmitChanges();
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