This is a helper WebForms site project that allows writing/reading SQL tables to XML files for easy use. It is applicable for simplifying complex projects and mocking the data layer for easy population of data.
The App_Code/SqlDataTableToXmlHelper.cs file contains the SqlDataTableToXmlHelper class that can be used to
- Get all Table names in a given DataBase
- Populate an SQL table to a DataTable object
- Export one or all DataTable objects to .XML file
- Populate DataTable object from an existing .XML file
The attachment has all the Tables of the Nortwhind database already populated as XML files.
The Default.aspx page provides a UserInterface for easy configuration of the connection strings and an example how to load data from XML file and visualizing it via asp:GridView control.