LOS ANGELES — Microsoft at its Professional Developers Conference 2003 here on Tuesday will discuss intentions to add an XML data type to its SQL Server database, with the Yukon release of the ...

This became even easier in SQL Server 2005 with the advent of the XML data type and XQuery. You still need to construct and shred the XML data before you can use it; this is functional but not simple.

This screenshot lists the source of a SQL Server 2014 ... or another XML structure better suited to your needs. Notice the flexibility, how easy the XML data type allows programmers to pass ...

It defines XML-oriented operators that work with the native XML data types available in these products. SQL Server does not yet support an XML data type or the SQL/XML extensions, but Tom Rizzo ...

as well as SQL Server 2008, which is due to ship by the middle of next year and is available now for testing. The ability to efficiently store and access XML and relational data types in one system ...

JSON data is stored as plain text and isn't considered a special type, such as XML and Spatial. However, this just enables you to use JSON columns in any SQL Server objects right away. The same can't ...