Revision as of 10:45, 11 March 2009

SET XMLFORMAT

Class

SQL Applications

Purpose

Specify the default format for XML files created by SELECT...SAVE AS XML

Syntax

SET XMLFORMAT TO <RECITAL \| ADO>

See Also

SELECT

Description

The SET XMLFORMAT TO <RECITAL \| ADO> command allows you to specify the default format for XML files created by SELECT...SAVE AS XML. The XMLFORMAT can be either RECITAL or ADO (Microsoft® ActiveX® Data Objects). Any XML files created in the ADO format can be loaded with the Open method of an ADO Recordset object.

The default XMLFORMAT setting is ADO. The default XMLFORMAT setting can also be overridden using the FORMAT clause on the SELECT statement.

Example

set xmlformat to ADO
EXEC SQL
SELECT \* FROM example
SAVE AS XML example;
// In Visual Basic the file can then be loaded:
// Set adoPrimaryRS = New Recordset
// adoPrimaryRS.Open "example.xml"

Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer