Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 10/31/07 23:12

Tony Rogerson (tonyrogerson@torver.net) writes:
>> The kludges that have been posted are unpredictable, unsupported and
>> some are highly proprietary.
>
> Let's make it clear, the use of text() and FOR XML is supported and fully
> documented in books online, it is not a kludge;

Nah, I think text() + FOR XML certainly has the flavour of a kludge over
it. The syntax is anything about intuitive, and if the data include
ampersands or angle brackets, there are a few surprising waiting for us.

It's a lot better than nothing at all, that's for sure.


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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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