Posted by Alexander Kuznetsov on 12/05/05 19:59

> In SQL Server 2005 we can do it in one very simple statement utilising FOR
> XML extensions, this makes for less code, less complexity and the logic is
> coded once in a central location - do you not agree that is good?

Tony,

how much is the output from FOR XML taxing the network bandwidth?
Most of the xml I'm dealing with is at least 50 times smaller when
zipped.

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