Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
public class MainClass
Shared Sub Main()
Dim thisConnection As New SqlConnection("server=(local)\SQLEXPRESS;" & _
"integrated security=sspi;database=MyDatabase")
' Sql Query
Dim sql As String = _
"SELECT * FROM Employee"
Try
' Create Data Adapter
Dim da As New SqlDataAdapter
da.SelectCommand = New SqlCommand(sql, thisConnection)
' Create and fill Dataset
Dim ds As New DataSet
da.Fill(ds, "Employee")
' Extract DataSet to XML file
ds.WriteXml("Employee.xml")
Catch ex As SqlException
' Display error
Console.WriteLine("Error: " & ex.ToString())
Finally
' Close Connection
thisConnection.Close()
Console.WriteLine("Connection Closed")
End Try
End Sub
End Class