Hi,I had posted this problem some time back. I am saving a recordset to a XMLfile. the table is a very simple Access table. i am using the following syntax.rs.save "c:\file.xml", adPersistXMLHowever when I open the file, I get the following kind of data in the fileTG! 稈?蚕? ?_î  ! ?c?胂般 ?? @ ?quot;ç‰骪?*??Dw= ? I ?lt;幎雖?嶖 ?_î  / € what is this 'TG!' ??? I can't get the recordset to save in XML format.it is something to do with the microsoft ole db persistence service provider?? I am working on w2k with MDAC 2.6 and MSXML parser 3.0. I don't know wherei am going wrong. please help..ThanksHarish