Diogo Castro

Representing XML data in SQL Server

In this article, we will see how to use the FOR XML statement in SQL Server to represent the result of queries in XML format.

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2020-04-24 (first published: 2018-08-07)

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In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):

SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';

What is returned?