using System;
using System.Xml;

class MainClass
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.LoadXml("<Record> write something</Record>");

xmlDoc.Save(Console.Out);
}

}

using System;
using System.Xml;

class MainClass
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml("<R> Value </R>");

XmlNode root = doc.DocumentElement;
doc.Save(Console.Out);

root.RemoveAll();

doc.Save(Console.Out);
}
}

public string POSTXml(string xml, string url)
{
WebRequest req = null;
WebResponse rsp = null;
try
{
StringBuilder strRequest = new StringBuilder();

req = WebRequest.Create(url);
req.Method = "POST";
req.ContentType = "text/xml";

StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(req.GetRequestStream());
writer.WriteLine(xml);
writer.Close();

rsp = req.GetResponse();

var sr = new StreamReader(rsp.GetResponseStream());
string responseText = sr.ReadToEnd();

return responseText;

}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new Exception("There was a problem sending the message");
}
}