Yes OPENXML() and supporting sp_xml_* stored procedures are available in SQL 2000.

>What a coincidence... I need to do this today too. Is this method available in SQL Server 2000? If I remember correctly, sp_xml_preparedocument is only a SQL 2005 procedure.
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>>You can use XML to pass list of values into SP. See Re: Sending a list from vfp Message #829213