In that case, why not just return the value in the XML format that they want? It's pretty easy to do. In fact, the solution that Sean posted for the CSV format is just about there.
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row. First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code: ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
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