<< I'm not sure why the CDATA section in this case is Base64 encoded since that would seem to be necessary only for a standard XML element (where the Base64 encoding would eliminate not only any non-ASCII characters but also the problematic symbols <, >, and &.
>> I did a little more research. The purpose of Base64 encoding the CDATA section is to eliminate the possibility that the VarChar data contains the string "]]>", which is the CDATA section terminator (and which would cause the XML file to be malformed). -- Larry
