Convert a table to XML based on column records in MSSQL

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SQL-Server-2008R2

I have a Table that contains directory path some what like this

id  ParentId    Path                            type       Desc
1    -1         Root                              0         a
2     1         Root/Folder1                      0         b
3     1         Root/Folder2                      0         c
4     2         Root/Folder1/abc.dox              1         d
5     3         Root/Folder2/pqr.doc              1         e
6     1         Root/folder3                      0         f
7     6         Root/Folder3/asd.doc              1         g

I want to create xml like this

<Root>
<Folder1 id="2" desc="b"/>
<abc id="4" desc="d"/>
<Folder2 id="3" desc="3"/>
<pqr id="5" desc="e"/>
.
.
.
</Root>

There are around 1000 records and hierarchy is not fixed type indicates 0 - for folder and 1 -for file

Posted 3-Aug-14 20:48pm

ChintanShukla

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**Jaimin H. Soni** · Answer 1 · 2014-08-06T01:50:00

DataTable table = new DataTable() { TableName = "Customer" };

DataColumn keyColumn = table.Columns.Add("id", typeof(System.Int32));
table.Columns.Add("ParentId", typeof(System.Int32));
table.Columns.Add("Path", typeof(System.String));
table.coulmn.Add("type",typeof(System.Char));
table.coulmn.Add("Desc", typeof(System.Char));

table.PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] { keyColumn };

table.AcceptChanges();

C#

string xmlString = string.Empty;
using (TextWriter writer = new StringWriter())
{
  table.WriteXml(writer);
  xml = writer.ToString();
}

Thava Rajan · Answer 2 · 2014-08-06T03:40:00

Solution 2

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Posted 6-Aug-14 3:40am

Thava Rajan