Simon,
Do you have any control on .Net side? If yes then you can control formatting of the XML. If not still .Net datasets are easily converted to VFP tables using XMLAdapter class (not XMLToCursor). ie:

oXMLAdapter = Createobject('XMLAdapter')
oXMLAdapter.LoadXML('c:\myfolder\NetDataset.xml',.T.)
For ix=1 To oXMLAdapter.Tables.Count
  oXMLAdapter.Tables.Item(m.ix).ToCursor()
  SELECT (oXMLAdapter.Tables.Item(m.ix).Alias)
  browse
Endfor

For another sample with .Net code + CursorAdapter + Diffgram check:
http://www.fox4um.com/viewtopic.php?id=1177

Site is in Turkish but you would find the codes.

Cetin


>I am trying to display a XML column coming from a SQL 2005 table in the nicely formatted layout that I can see if I open it within SQL Management Studio.
>
>I do not have an XSD file.
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>I have used SPT to get a table with a single column which is a memo datatype. When I open this, the XML is there, but as text with no line breaks etc, and very difficult to read.
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>I have tried using XMLTOCURSOR and get parsing errors, but nothing is reported as wrong when I view in SQL.
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>Are there any ways of viewing this XML in a properly formatted layout, say in an edit box (this is for viewing only by the way).
>
>Thanks
>Simon