How to serialize a DataTable to a string?

Question

Recently I was in the need to serialize a DataTable as a string for further processing (storing in a file).

So I asked myself: How to serialize a DataTa

Answer 1

You can also do this.

DataTable dt = new DataTable()  
//... Fill Datatable from SQL or a thousand other places you have seen on the net.     
Response.ContentType = "text/xml";    
dt.WriteXml(Response.OutputStream);  
Response.Flush();
Response.End();

Documentation found at

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.datatable.writexml(v=VS.100).aspx