How to get XML representation of SQL server database ?

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How to get XML representation of SQL server database ?
for example user will type www.blablabla.com?name=joe
and the result is XML based on the database. example:

<USER>
<ADDRESS>aaa</ADDRESS>
<PHONE>7873875</PHONE>
<AGE>67</AGE>
</USER>

I dont want the results to show in xml GUI like control, I want it pure XML like this

<USER>
<ADDRESS>aaa</ADDRESS>
<PHONE>7873875</PHONE>
<AGE>67</AGE>
</USER>

thanks in adanced

Posted 20-Aug-12 21:32pm

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Mehdi Gholam · Answer 1 · 2012-08-20T21:39:00

Solution 1

Start here : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178107.aspx[^]

Posted 20-Aug-12 21:39pm

Mehdi Gholam

Sandip.Nascar · Answer 2 · 2012-08-21T01:48:00

Solution 2

You can use XQuery for xml operation,

Check the url,
http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/the-xml-methods-in-sql-server/[^]

cheers

Posted 21-Aug-12 1:48am

Sandip.Nascar

pramod.hegde · Answer 3 · 2012-08-21T03:07:00

You can use XmlSerialization.

StringWriter strWriter = new StringWriter();
XmlTextWriter xmlWriter = new XmlTextWriter(strWriter);

xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("RootNode"); 
// instead of RootNode, you can have the required table name in it.

SqlConnection mySqlConnection;
mySqlConnection = new SqlConnection(sConnection);
mySqlConnection.Open();

XmlReader xmlReader = new SqlCommand("Select * From Table1 FOR XML AUTO, Elements", mySqlConnection).ExecuteXmlReader();
xmlWriter.WriteNode(xmlReader, true);

xmlReader.Close();
xmlWriter.WriteEndElement(); 

mySqlConnection.Close();

You will have the xml string in strWriter. You can use XmlSerializer class.

OR,

You can get help from the below link
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/saurabh_singh/archive/2010/05/11/export-sql-table-records-to-xml-form.aspx[^]