Changing ActiveRecord serialize format to XML instead of YML

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Hello,

So far, ActiveRecord serialize is working great for me to save arbitrary data. I would like to know if there is a way to change the format of ActiveRecord serialize to XML instead of YML.

I like the readability of YML, but I need to search serialized fields in the database. So, it would make sense to use XML because most database vendors supports XML value extraction, e.g,. ExtractValue function in MySQL.

Please let me know if there is a way to configure to XML. Thanks in advance.

Glen