xml datasources and vs2008 team suite (.net 3.5)

[Andy B]

I need to be able to do everything you can do to an sql server 2005 database
on xml files and datasources in the same way you would do to a database. How
would I do this? Can you actually use "sql" statements on an xml
object/file?

 

[bruce barker]

in a word no. if you insert your xml into a sqlserver xml column, you
will get a lot.

you can use linq on an xml dom, which will give you a simple query
language, but no shared access, acid or set operations. linq will allow
delegates and lamba functions to be executed on an xml dom via a filter,
which may be all the set opertions you need.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)