Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 12/06/06 23:01

Vins (vbellet@gmail.com) writes:
> I used the FOR XML PATH feature but the XML result is in only one line,
> it does not conserve the XML structure (treeview). When I open the XML
> file with IE, it s working very (I have the XML hierarchy) but when I
> use Visual Studio or other tool to edit it, I ve just one line!

Trying running the query in Mgmt Studio, and then double-click on the
XML document to open it the XML viewer. If you save from the viewer
you get the format you are looking for.



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