For 100% polyester fabrics use 1.5 lb. of dye per 100 lbs. of fabric (1.5% OWG) to get medium shades. (With black, you are going to get more of a charcoal grey with this product.) That would be 6 - 4 oz packets, so 3 for 50 lbs. of fabric, etc.
XML data type was introduced in SQL Server 2005. This type allows you to store XML data up to 2 GB. Here is a small example of, pretty much self-explanatory.
Learn how Excel display formats map to XSD data types when you export XML data. Important: If an XML schema file (.xsd) does not define a specific data type attribute for an element (such as xsd:decimal), then Microsoft Office Excel 2007 formats the cell as text by default when the XML data is imported.