This snippet effectively reads an XML document using XPathDocument (read-only) instead of using the DOM. This snippet returns the full element values in between elements. For example:

root element
code element
This is a test.
/code element
/root element

GetXmlString("/root/code"); //returns 'This is a test.'

For all those tirelessly searching for an efficient and effective way of pulling out stored procedure OUTPUT values using the DeriveParameters() function, here is your answer. You will want to break it up into functions and what not, but after all.. it is a snippet, not a compiled class.

A simple snippet for using single pass DES encryption. Uses the .NET framework functions. Enjoy!