DataSet.WriteXml to string

Question

Hi, I'm tring to get a string from a DataSet without using GetXml. I'm using WriteXml, instead. How to use it to get a string? Thanks

Answer 1

Write to a StringWriter, and then call ToString on that.

Note that if you want the generated XML declaration to specify UTF-8 instead of UTF-16, you'll need something like my Utf8StringWriter.

Answer 2

StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
dataSet.WriteXml(sw);
string result = sw.ToString();