Nope. Think about it, the xml datatype can be up to 2GB. You want to pass that around? Don't!

Try this example:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sqlxml/thread/69b87bea-a943-4e53-8bfc-6a5e9213c2f4

Please mark as answer if you find it helpful.

Thanks for the expansion. I myself have a zipped up Virtual PC with Windows 2003 / SQL Server 2005 base build which I generally unzip fresh and use for...

Little actual content in this article. How about some links? Or some examples of the code you've customised, in VB.net or C#?

It does sound interesting, but why exactly...