need to write from asp.net to XML type in SQL Server 2005

Hello, I have worked with SQL Server 2000 but now we have a requirement where I need to write values from an asp.net form into an XML type in SQL Server 2005.

I have never used XML as a type in SQL Server 2005. How do we write xml into xml type.

For example the structure of XML is something like:

<application>

<applicationID = "value"></applicationID>

<customerName="value></customerName>

</application>

I have to write this kind of XML into the XML type and later retrieve these XML values and populate the form again.

Kindly suggest. Thanks a lot.

You will need to look into several things to help you achieve this.

Look into the System.Xml.XmlTextWriter to help you construct XML valid strings

Also look into System.IO.StreamWriter to write the stream of data

You can then use methods of the XmlTextWriter to write the elements, attributes based on your XML structure; WriteStartDocument(), WriteStartElement(), WriteElementString();