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> The issue is relevant to ad hoc queries but it's moot for > repetitive queries, > such as for generating a monthly publication. That statement confuses me, and not only because Americans appear to use the word "moot" in the opposite of its original English sense of "arguable". The benefit of a string interface is that it gives looser coupling between systems. The benefit of a custom syntax/protocol is that it gives earlier validation. The experience of the last few years is that loose coupling tends to win, across most application scenarios. Hence XML. Michael Kay
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