>>This is not the first time the use of XML instead of OLE DB is discussed. They are not disparate as you may think. For example, several people have been using XML strings instead of ADO recordsets for a long time now.
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>>The new concept, or at least to me, is that now MS is openly promoting the use of XML instead of OLE DB. You don't see MS disaccrediting its own technologies quite often.
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>Hector;
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>Like the world before .NET and the world of .NET?
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>Tom

OR, the world AFTER .NET?