Last night, I had the pleasure of attending Jason Follas' "Exploit the XML Capabilities of SQL Server 2005" talk at the Northwest Ohio .NET Users Group (NWNUG). I have a good understanding of XML and the System.Xml namespace, but I have to admit that I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to SQL Server. It just isn't something that I encounter in my day-to-day work. However, Jason really connected some dots for me. If you have an opportunity to attend this talk, I recommend it.