From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Rahul Verma (rahul.girdharwal@gmail.com) writes:   
   > Anybody have any idea, how to convert a .xml file (XML Spreadsheet 2003)   
   > to a .pdf file in Sql Server only.   
   >   
      
   What? SQL Server is a tool for data processing, not file conversion.   
      
   > I am trying below approach.   
   > Open the .xml file in excel.application using sp_oa Methods.   
   > And then save as .pdf file.   
   >   
   > the issue is, I am not able to open the .xml file into   
   > window.application using oa methods.   
      
   Calling anything that interact with the desktop from a service (which   
   does not have a desktop) is an utterly bad idea.   
      
   I would suggest that you go back to the drawing board and think of a   
   different solution that does not involve SQL Server.   
      
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   Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
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