c# - How to get readable xml from SQL Server database -

how can readable xml string sql server database?

in way xml string, set extjs textarea. text not readable:

public string getxml(string args) {     string exmsg = "";     string result = "";     stringbuilder xmlresult = new stringbuilder();      dictionary<string, object> parameters = _ser.deserialize<dictionary<string, object>>(args);     string id = parameters["id"].tostring();      try     {         system.data.sqlclient.sqlconnection cn = new system.data.sqlclient.sqlconnection();          cn.connectionstring = "data source=(local);initial catalog=methodsettings;user id=sa;password=sasa";          cn.open();          system.data.sqlclient.sqlcommand cmd = new system.data.sqlclient.sqlcommand();         cmd.connection = cn;         cmd.commandtext = string.format("select methodargs  methodsettings.dbo.methodparameters  id ={0}", id);          system.xml.xmlreader xmlr = cmd.executexmlreader();          xmlr.read();          if (xmlr != null)         {             xmlresult.appendline(xmlr.readouterxml());             result = xmlresult.tostring();         }     }     catch (exception ex)     {          exmsg = ex.message;     }      return _ser.serialize(result); } 

you can use xdocument's tostring() method formatted xml string easily, if that's want :

system.xml.xmlreader xmlr = cmd.executexmlreader(); xdocument doc = xdocument.load(xmlr); doc.load(xmlr);​  var result = doc.tostring();