>I heard that SQL 2000 will return XML (as well as a cursor). What form or VARTYPE is the XML structure (a string or what?) and will VFP developers need to write their own "strippers" to remove the markup tags, or is there a packaged procedure we will use for that?
>PS
>Does it get cold in Boston this time of year?

Yes, especially today :)
Don't know what to answer on the first question :)