Overview
With the popularity and ubiquity of XML, it's no surprise that SQL Server has extensive support for working with it. Like most modern DBMSs, SQL Server regularly needs to work with and store data that may have originated in XML. Without this built-in support, getting XML to and from SQL Server would require the application developer to translate XML data before sending it to SQL Server and again after receiving it back. Obviously, this could quickly become very tedious given the pervasiveness of the language.
SQL Server is an XML-enabled DBMS. This means that it can read and write XML data. It can return data from databases in XML format, and it can read and update data stored in XML documents. As Table 18.1 illustrates, out of the box, ...
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