SQLXML enables developers to bridge the gap between Extensible Markup Language (XML) and relational data. You can create XML views of your existing relational data and work with it as if it were an XML file. It is your solution if you need to: Query relational data with XPath; Query relational data with Transact-SQL and return XML results; Update relational data as if it were XML; Load very large XML files into an existing SQL Server 2000 database, converting them to relational data; Query your SQL Server data by using URLs from your Web browser or Web application; Access SQL Server XML functionality with OLE DB, Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), or Microsoft .NET Managed Classes.