yes, the client applications expect XML
I know the .Save(..., 1) option, but I want to format the XML to my own (clients) needs.
I also have to combine several set's in a response that is send back to a client application who requested the data.
Thanks for your reply thougd, I'll keep this in mind.

>You still need to process it with some XML reader technology (like the XMLDOM) right?
>
>Try saving to disk as XML or saving directly to an XML DOMDocument object. Ex: (replace when retrieving the XML in your code)
>

loRS.Save("c:\myFolder\myFile.xml", 1) && 1=adPersistXML (now adPersistADO)
>*-- or
>loXML = CreateObject("MSXML.DomDocument")
>loRS.Save(loXML, 1)

>Although I would try to find a way to limit the amount of records too.
>HTH
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