Jacob,

I like the series but have a question. I don't understand the purpose of the following code...

//Read the data from XMLReader and Load into

//the String Builder

StringBuilder xmlData = new StringBuilder();

while (r.Read())

{

xmlData.Append(r.ReadOuterXml());

}

Is there a need for the StringBuilder? If so, what purpose does it serve? Could I not cast it over to an xmlDocument without the intermediary step? Any elaboration you could shed on the consuming side will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Paul Hunter