Is there an XMLTYPE in SQL 2000?

Oracle 9 has an XMLTYPE data type.

I am interested in inserting a formatted block of XML in a SQL 2000 column to record a set of data in one column.

Is there a way to do this, or a datatype that comes close?

Thanks.As far as I know you have to use NTEXT. The new version of SQLServer due out later this year addresses the XML data type.