 <p>If your column is an <code>xml</code> typed column, you can use the <code>delete</code> method on the column to remove the <code>events</code> nodes. See <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190254%28v=SQL.90%29.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190254(v=SQL.90).aspx</a> for more info.</p>