Further investigation has shown a couple of things.

First, I started experimenting with querying all of the values from CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=com and storing them in a temp table, however of the values...

Thank you, SSCrazy, for the reply - it sent me in the right direction. I think I found a much easier way to tackle the problem, though:

CAST (o.[data] AS XML).value...

Hello, Matt.

Unfortunately I did already try that. See:

EnigmaticSoul (2/25/2010)

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FYI, yes, I've also tried "value ('(/Operation/Initiator/@dn)[1]'", but that doesn't work any...