Appending to an XML file C#

sbugig

Hi: I have an xml file with the following structure:- I want a piece of code just to append anather "student" to the above Students table(.xml file) from my windows app. Thanks for your co-operation, it's appreciated!! I want the output like the folloing:-

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sbugig22y ago
Hi Simon: No your xml file is correct, thereis no problem with it its just that you are using empty elements and i'm using containers. empty elements become containes after you hage generated a schema corresponding to your xml file, according to w3c standars i guess, remember i'm new to C#. Thanks for everything you have done for me cheers sbugig
shimtanny22y ago
Hi again >> One thing is strange.. maybe you can give me the answer... I found it out... it's the same... :-)) I asked a guy i our company... :-)) Cheers Simon
shimtanny22y ago
Hi I wrote another helper: XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument(); try { doc.Load(@"..\..\students.xml"); // Create element and attributes. XmlElement e = doc.CreateElement("student"); // Attribute name. XmlAttribute aName = doc.CreateAttribute("name"); aName.Value = "simon"; e.SetAttributeNode(aName); // Attribute surname. XmlAttribute aSurname = doc.CreateAttribute("surname"); aSurname.Value = "simpel"; e.SetAttributeNode(aSurname); // Attribute age. XmlAttribute aAge = doc.CreateAttribute("age"); aAge.Value = "24"; e.SetAttributeNode(aAge); doc.DocumentElement.AppendChild(e); // Write it back to the xml file. doc.Save(@"..\..\students.xml"); } catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Press enter to exit."); Console.ReadLine(); One thing is strange.. maybe you can give me the answer... You specified: But my code will produce: Is this another type of xml node, or is my file wrong? Cheers Simon