XML VS. SQL Server Searching

[mcbigj]

I have a simple VB program that searches a simple table in SQL server 2000. It has approx 30,000 records and I am looking for a record based on an indexed field. it works fine and fairly quickly. My question is:

If I were to export the table data to an xml file. Are there any tools/programs that could query the data quicker in xml than in sql?

Thanks

 

[mmaz]

I read an article on developerWorks.com today, and they strongly recommended to NOT use xml for searching.

Here's the link:

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-xdtips.html

...look for Tip #2