In LinqPad, is there a way to serialize type XML column as string?

问题

I have a XML column on SQL. And there are malformed data exist in it. Which causes the error "There are multiple root elements." when I run MyTable.Take(4).Dump();

e.g.

<cy>
  <n>NameA</n>
  <p>true</p>
</cy>
<cy>
  <n>NameB</n>
  <p>false</p>
</cy>

Is there a way to tell LinQPad to not serialize XML column and provide it as a string?

Unfortunately data is tied up with many places so I can not wrap it with root element on database right away.

回答1:

The latest LINQPad beta, version 5.10.06, allows you to access the XML columns as strings:

NEW/IMPROVED:

There's a new checkbox in the SQL advanced connection properties dialog to map XML columns to .NET strings instead of XElements. This allows you to query tables with malformed XML without error.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40089784/in-linqpad-is-there-a-way-to-serialize-type-xml-column-as-string