Question

Is there a way i can create an XML from datatable without using

1. A StringWriter:

   System.IO.StringWriter writer = new System.IO.StringWriter();
   yourDataTable.WriteXml(writer, XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema, true);
   

   Doesn’t work well for me as it gives descendants as column headers. I want first row as descendants.

2. Iterating over DataColumns and DataRows.

I was reading about LINQ-to-DataTable and LINQ-to-XML .

Can LINQ query help me?

Answer 1

Here’s an example of using the XmlDocument class to generate XML

        XmlDocument xDoc = new XmlDocument();

        XmlElement rootElement = xDoc.CreateElement("Root");
        XmlElement customElement = xDoc.CreateElement("customElement");
        XmlAttribute xAtt = xDoc.CreateAttribute("customAttribute");
        xAtt.Value = "attval";

        customElement.Attributes.Append(xAtt);
        rootElement.AppendChild(customElement);
        xDoc.AppendChild(rootElement);

The linq to xml library XDocument follows a similar model. you should look at the documentation and make use of it.