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>This is true, but I believe that XMLtoCursor requires that the XML be the
>output from CursorToXML. If the XML result you're getting is from any other
>source (which I gather is the case here), then I doubt that it'll work.
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Correct, but I believe that you can do XMLTOCursor() if it comes with a DTD.

Doing what David Stevenson ssuggested (i.e. XMLDOM parsing) is also possible.