We tested SQL Server, with SP2 installed, on Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Unlike DB2, Oracle9i, and Sybase ASE, SQL Server relies on Windows for clustering.

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For XML support, SQL Server users can download the free SQLXML 2.0 add-on package. By default, this add-on supports bulk-additions of XML data into records and can return queries in XML.