From: Martijn Tonies Date: August 15 2005 7:42pm Subject: Re: Native XML Support List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/187835 Message-Id: <03ef01c5a1d1$8a568550$3802a8c0@martijnws> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Does MySQL 5 provide native XML support? ie, can I have a stored > procedure return an XML string instead of a recordset? Can I pass in > an XML string/doc and have the DB update relational tables based on > it? "native xml support", now, that's probably the funniest thing I've heard all day :-) What would that actually be? With regards, Martijn Tonies Database Workbench - tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL, Oracle & MS SQL Server Upscene Productions http://www.upscene.com Database development questions? Check the forum! http://www.databasedevelopmentforum.com