Better than parameterized queries. Yes, we have stuff like query(“INSERT INTO table(status, name) VALUES ($1, $2);”).bind(ent.status).bind(ent.name).execute…, but that’s kind of awful isn’t it? With XML queries, we could use any of the XML libraries we have to create and manipulate XML queries without risking ‘XML injection’. e.g we could convert ordinary structs/classes into column values automatically without having to use any ORM.