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# Client-side and Server-side Formatting (SQLXML 4.0)
  SQLXML provides two ways to format an XML document:  
  
-   Server-side formatting  
  
-   Client-side formatting  
  
 This section includes information about formatting XML documents on either the client side or the server side from the rowsets that are generated by queries executed against a database in [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../../includes/msconame-md.md)] [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)].  
  
## In This Section  
 [Architecture of Client-side and Server-side XML Formatting (SQLXML 4.0)](../../../relational-databases/sqlxml/formatting/architecture-of-client-side-and-server-side-xml-formatting-sqlxml-4-0.md)  
 Provides architectural diagrams and describes the basics of client- and server-side formatting architecture in SQLXML.  
  
 [Server-side XML Formatting (SQLXML 4.0)](../../../relational-databases/sqlxml/formatting/server-side-xml-formatting-sqlxml-4-0.md)  
 Describes server-side XML formatting.  
  
 [Client-side XML Formatting (SQLXML 4.0)](../../../relational-databases/sqlxml/formatting/client-side-xml-formatting-sqlxml-4-0.md)  
 Describes client-side XML formatting, including information about using FOR XML on the client.  
  
 [Client-side vs. Server-side XML Formatting (SQLXML 4.0)](../../../relational-databases/sqlxml/formatting/client-side-vs-server-side-xml-formatting-sqlxml-4-0.md)  
 Describes specific differences between client-side and server-side XML formatting.