Retrieving XML from SQL Server 2000 using FOR XML AUTO (C#) : to XML « ADO.net Database « ASP.NET Tutorial

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2. ADO.net Database
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<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>

File: Default.aspx.cs

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.XPath;
using System.Xml.Xsl;

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        string connStr = "database=Northwind;Data Source=.\\SQLEXPRESS;User id=Tom;pwd=password";
        XmlDocument x = new XmlDocument();
        XPathNavigator xpathnav = x.CreateNavigator();
        using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connStr))
        {
            conn.Open();
            SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("select * from Customers as Customer for XML AUTO, ELEMENTS", conn);
            using (XmlWriter xw = xpathnav.PrependChild())
            {
                xw.WriteStartElement("Customers");
                using (XmlReader xr = command.ExecuteXmlReader())
                {
                    xw.WriteNode(xr, true);
                }
                xw.WriteEndElement();
            }
        }
        Response.ContentType = "text/xml";
        x.Save(Response.Output);

    }

}