title: MSDatashape being deprecated
body: <p>In the following microsoft documentation: -</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ado/guide/appendixes/microsoft-data-shaping-service-for-ole-db-ado-service-provider?view=sql-server-2017" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ado/guide/appendixes/microsoft-data-shaping-service-for-ole-db-ado-service-provider?view=sql-server-2017</a></p>
  
  <p>this feature is being removed and the suggestion is to use XML. Has anyone done this? I'm wondering what they mean, in terms of loading the structure of what MSDataShape is by using XML, or just to use XML objects?</p>
  
  <p>TIA</p>