XML Version Declaration: Specifies the file type to inform indexing platforms what they can expect from the file. UTF-8 Encoding: Ensures all the characters used can be understood.

As more and more Web sites begin using XML for their content, it's increasingly important for Web developers to know how to parse XML data and convert it into different formats. That's where the ...

Even better, these examples show how to pass XML data to stored procedures, and how they can be made to read single or multiple sets of criteria easily, using only a few lines of TSQL.