Save XML directly to Database with C#

Question

Here is a part of my xml file

  
    Australia
    1
    

        

Answer 1

SQL Server 2005+ has a native XML datatype, if you create a column, you can simply do an insert into that column, here is an insert similar to yours, this table's second column's datatype is xml

INSERT INTO docs VALUES (1, '<book genre="security"
publicationdate="2002" ISBN="0-7356-1588-2">
   <title>Writing Secure Code</title>
   <author>
      <first-name>Michael</first-name>
      <last-name>Howard</last-name>
   </author>
   <author>
      <first-name>David</first-name>
      <last-name>LeBlanc</last-name>
   </author>
   <price>39.99</price>
</book>')
INSERT INTO docs VALUES (2, 
'<doc id="123">
    <sections>
   <section num="1"><title>XML Schema</title></section>
   <section num="3"><title>Benefits</title></section>
   <section num="4"><title>Features</title></section>
    </sections>
</doc>')