很多情况下您都需要处理来自外部源的XML数据——可能来自平面文件、Web服务或其他源等。

More often than not, you will deal with XML data originating from an external source-perhaps a flat file, perhaps a Web service, perhaps something else.

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外部数据源包括平面文件、其他数据库、互联网提要和其他来源。

External data sources include flat files, other databases, Internet feeds, and other sources.

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它代替DTS包作为一个首要的方式，来把大量的数据从其他类似的平面文件和非微软数据库的数据源中移入到SQL Server中，或从SQL Server移出。

It replaces DTS packages as one of the primary ways to move large amounts of data into and out of SQL Server from other data sources such as flat files and non-Microsoft databases.

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