title: ms sql xml data type convert to text
body: <p>in MS Sql there are data types that are not supported by delphi 7, the xml datatype is one example. </p>
  
  <p>I wish to convert the XML datatype to Text datatype, so that i could handle it in delphi. </p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to convert from xml to text?</p>