converting xdoc or xelement into string?

Question

can you easily convert an xdocument and xelement into string to store in the db?

Answer 1

Have you tried using ToString() or ToString(SaveOptions)?

There are various alternatives depending on what you want to do, but those are the simplest :)

Answer 2

In you want the content of the element you could use .InnerText or if you want the XML of the element you could use .InnerXml