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Asked: 2026-05-11T20:07:39+00:00

I have to store relational data (text, numbers and pictures) into an XML file.

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I have to store relational data (text, numbers and pictures) into an XML file. I want to maintain the relationship between data and the tables structure.

How do I go about doing that?

My Windows Mobile application use Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to get data. Once it gets the data it stores them into an XML file.

The WCF use ADO.NET Entity Framework to data retrieve.

I’m going to use SQL Server 2008.

The data will be use to show it on application. I don’t want to use SQL Server CE to store data because it’s slower. Maybe, instead of using XML file I can use text plain files to store texts and numbers, and image files to store images.

In short, XML will be a way to store the data instead using SQL Server CE or WCF.

Thank you!

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  1. Editorial Team

    Thanks for the additional detail.

    My suggestion is first, try SQL Server CE. It might not actually be slower for what you’re doing. The time you save in not reinventing the wheel might be better spent in speeding up other parts of your application.

    For the rest, assuming you don’t need to store the data for long, nor do much with it, I’d suggest copying the data from the Web Service return type into a DataSet. The DataSet type has a WriteXml method that can save the data, and a ReadXml method that can read it back in.

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