Client-side and Server-side Formatting (SQLXML 4.0)

SQLXML provides two ways to format an XML document:

• Server-side formatting
• Client-side formatting

This section includes information about formatting XML documents on either the client side or the server side from the rowsets that are generated by queries executed against a database in Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

In This Section

• Architecture of Client-side and Server-side XML Formatting (SQLXML 4.0)
  Provides architectural diagrams and describes the basics of client- and server-side formatting architecture in SQLXML.

• Server-side XML Formatting (SQLXML 4.0)
  Describes server-side XML formatting.

• Client-side XML Formatting (SQLXML 4.0)
  Describes client-side XML formatting, including information about using FOR XML on the client.

• Client-side vs. Server-side XML Formatting (SQLXML 4.0)
  Describes specific differences between client-side and server-side XML formatting.