Infoworld has a nice comparison article on the top 4 RDBMS's and their ability to work with XML data. http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/04/23/17FExml_1.html Probably no surprise that Oracle came out on the top, and MS SQL Server came out on the bottom. As with the Internet in general, Microsoft got started too late with XML, and SQL Server is evidence of that. Jared ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------