Question

If I’ve used LINQ to retrieve results from the database, is there a way that I can automagically get this to generate XML?

For example:

DataClasses1DataContext db = new DataClasses1DataContext(C_CONN_STRING);
var q = from stock in db.GetTable<Stock>()
        where stock.Group == 1
        select stock;

foreach(Stock s in q)
{
     //automatically create XML document here?
}

Sorry if this is such a really basic question, any help appreciated

Answer 1

We don’t know the exact content of your Stock object, and we don’t know the form of the XML you want to generate, so this is just a wild guess…

    DataClasses1DataContext db = new DataClasses1DataContext(C_CONN_STRING);
    var q = from stock in db.GetTable<Stock>()
            where stock.Group == 1
            select stock;

    XDocument doc = new XDocument();
    foreach(Stock s in q)
    {
        doc.Add(
            new XElement("Stock"
                new XAttribute("Group", stock.Group),
                new XAttribute("Product", stock.Product),
                new XAttribute("Quantity", stock.Quantity)));
    }