Manipulating XML output

Question

Hi I am developing a web service in C#.Net1.1 and a new bee to .NET. I have developed a web method to retrieve the data from database and I want to sent the response in the form of XML.I want to manipulate the dataset to get the desired XML.But I dont know how to do that? Can somebody help me in formatting the XML. Also once I will format the XML what return type I should use in web method to get XML file as output. Thanks in advance.

Bechir Bejaoui · Answer

Here is a free book from Mahesh I strongly advise you to read it before be implied with the C# - xml issues http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mahesh/XmlProgramming09142007082751AM/XmlProgramming.aspx

Neha Tiwari · Answer

Thanks for your Reply....but can you please elaborate how to do that and will there be any performance issues. Thanks in advance.

Bechir Bejaoui · Answer

You have to apply an xsl of the xml fromat in order to tansform it