As described in the [xml (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/xml/xml-transact-sql.md) article, SQL Server provides native storage of XML data through the **xml** data ...

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Abstract: XML (extensible markup language) has become the standard of data description and exchanging in the Internet, and it will be the main form for storing Web data: SQL Server is the leading ...