Abstract: XML (extensible markup language) has become the standard of data description and exchanging in the Internet, and it will be the main form for storing Web data: SQL Server is the leading ...

Learn how to retrieve formal results of a SQL query as XML by specifying the FOR XML clause in the query. These modes are in effect only for the execution of the query for which they're set. They ...

Learn about the advantages and limitations of the xml data type for storing XML data in SQL Server. If your data is highly structured with a known schema, the relational model is likely to work best ...

A collection of 26 free stand-alone tools, components and frameworks has been released. This collection is designed to enhance using and developing for SQL Server 2008 as well as other versions of SQL ...