The rich XML support in SQL Server 2000 makes it easy to map relational data to XML. Discover how to use SQL Server and XML to move your critical business processes to the Web with the expanded 2nd edition of this popular title for solution developers. You’ll learn how to retrieve XML data from a database, insert XML data into the database, and manipulate it in extensible database solutions, using familiar standards such as XPath, XDR schemas, XSL Transformation, HTTP, OLE DB, plus newer tools. You’ll also find up-to-date coverage of the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), the Microsoft .NET Framework, SQLXML 3.0, XML Web services, Updategrams, client-side XML processing, and other vital topics.

Topics covered include:

SQL, XML, and the business Internet
Retrieving XML data with Transact-SQL
Inserting XML data with the OpenXML function
Publishing databases with Internet Information Services
Using XML templates to retrieve data over HTTP
Using ADO for XML data access

NEW TOPICS IN THIS EDITION INCLUDE:

Accessing XML data from .NET applications
Client-side XML processing
Modifying data with Updategrams
Modifying data with Diffgrams
Accessing data using SOAPINCLUDES SAMPLE CODE ON THE WEB!
Code samples available at the Companion Content link on this page

About the Author

Graeme Malcolm is a principal technologist for Content Master Ltd., and apart from the first edition of this title, he has also written several Microsoft training courses and presented at numerous conferences.

Graeme is being presented to us from Content Master, a rich source for Microsoft for developing sample solutions, white papers, and training materials for other groups.

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