The XML Root property provides a root tag in which the query result is wrapped to return a well-formed document.
object.Properties("XML Root") [= value]
object
Expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list.
value
String that contains the root tag.
adBSTR
Read/write
SSPROP_STREAM_XMLROOT
FOR XML and XPath queries return results in the form of document fragments, which cannot be loaded into a browser. Use the XML Root property to wrap the result set so that it can be loaded into DOM, or viewed in a browser. The result returns the XML Declaration, <?xml version="1.0"?>, in the output.
SQL ISAPI supports the keyword 'root', which maps to the XML Root property.