declare @spXML as varchar(1000) set @spXML = '<ArrayOfString> <string>0002A5FF6ECC</string> <string>000393ED2634</string> <string>000A95895CE4</string> <string>000BCD022EAE</string> <string>000D28975D26</string> <string>00508BFBE766</string> <string>0090F514003C</string> </ArrayOfString>' DECLARE @idoc int EXEC sp_xml_preparedocument @idoc OUTPUT, @spXML select * from openxml (@idoc, '/ArrayOfString', 2) WITH ([string] char(16))any ideas?