Converting Request.InputStream to a string - Part 1

Nowhere could I find a simple, concise way of converting the Request.InputStream from an ASP.net page into a string ready for processing, something which is very useful to do if you're passing a large amount of data (such as a constructed XML submission) via the content of an XMLHTTPRequest. So, the following is an amalgam of the different examples I found that appears to work:

private string RequestInputStreamToString() { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); int streamLength; int streamRead; Stream s = Request.InputStream; streamLength = Convert.ToInt32(s.Length);

Byte[] streamArray = new Byte[streamLength];

streamRead = s.Read(streamArray, 0, streamLength);

for (int i = 0; i < streamLength; i++)
{
sb.Append(Convert.ToChar(streamArray[i]));
}

return sb.ToString();
}

I'm sure that it could be more elegant and there's room for optimisation, but it works well enough for my purposes.

An implementation of the XML Http Request sender (IE specific) that I use with this is below:

/*
Parameters:

sRPCPageUrl: The URL (including query string if appropriate) of the page to call

Notes:

*/
function SynchronousXMLRPCCall(sRPCPageUrl)
{
return SynchronousXMLRPCCallWithPostData(sRPCPageUrl, '');
}

/*
Parameters:

sRPCPageUrl: The URL (including query string if appropriate) of the page to call
sPostData: Post Data to pass to the server as part of the call

Notes:

called by SynchronousXMLRPCCall

*/
function SynchronousXMLRPCCallWithPostData(sRPCPageUrl, sPostData)
{
oXMLDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
oXMLDoc.open("GET", sRPCPageUrl, false);
oXMLDoc.send(sPostData);
return oXMLDoc;
}