They're unique schema identifiers. Look for XDR and Schema and you shall find more than you want to know...

+++ Rick ---

>Dear all,
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>Can someone explain to me what are the first three line of ADO's XML output refering to? I have tried to find it from MSDN not to no avail. Thanks.
>
>Regards,
>Kueh.
>
>>xmlns:dt=“uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882”
>xmlns:rs=“urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset”
>xmlns:z=“#RowsetSchema”>
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> > rs:basetable=“shippers” rs:basecolumn=“ShipperID”
> rs:keycolumn=“true”>
> > rs:fixedlength=“true” rs:maybenull=“false”/>
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> > rs:nullable=“true” rs:write=“true” rs:basetable=“shippers”
> rs:basecolumn=“CompanyName”>
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> > rs:write=“true” rs:basetable=“shippers”
> rs:basecolumn=“Phone”>
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> > Phone=“(503) 555-9831”/>
> > Phone=“(503) 555-3199”/>
> > Phone=“(503) 555-9931”/>
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