Programming Microsoft® SQL
Server(TM) 2000 with XML, Second
Edition by Graeme Malcolm
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For any developer who wants to do more with XML and databases on
Windows, Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with XML provides
an up-to-date guide to some current XML tools and features available on
the Microsoft platform. This example-packed book can let you get more
productive with the latest generation of SQL Server tools.After a quick
tour of what XML means for business today, whether in business to
consumer (B2C), business to business (B2B), or business to enterprise
(B2E) scenarios, this text jumps right in with a tutorial on using XML in
Microsoft Transact-SQL (T-SQL) supported in SQL Server. The author
provides nuts-and-bolts information on querying databases and returning
XML, along with different options for formatting XML data.Next comes a
tutorial for using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), the preferred standard for
programming with databases in Windows, and how to use XML within this

API. Short code excerpts will show you how to perform common
programming tasks quickly. The support for XML in Microsoft doesnt stop
there, of course, and the book next focuses in on support for Web
publishing in SQL Server through XML. This powerful feature shows you
how to define templates that can be used to query and update data via
HTTP using URLs. Sections on mapping schemas show how XML can be
used to move data between different database schemas. An important
section on the T-SQL OpenXML function shows how to perform a range
of database tasks, including inserting XML data in bulk into database
tables.In its closing sections, this text illustrates key technologies using a
nicely functional online computer store complete with shopping basket,
product catalog, and simulated order processing, all using XML
techniques demonstrated earlier on.In all, this book delivers a solid tour of
whats available in SQL Server, ADO, and other Microsoft tools and
technologies. Suitable for any Windows IT professional who works with
databases, this title is a capable tutorial and guide to whats out there
today with XML on the Microsoft platform. --Richard Dragan Topics
covered: Overview of todays XML for business used with Microsoft
database technologies (integration with XML, B2B, B2C, and B2E
scenarios) Transact-SQL (T-SQL) support for XML in SQL Server
(SELECT FOR XML, RAW, AUTO, and EXPLICIT modes) ActiveX Data
Objects (ADO) support for XML (XML query templates, executing XML
queries) SQLOLEDB XML properties (including style sheets and
managing the output format) Web publishing with SQL Server (SQL
Server HTTP publishing overview, publishing a database, virtual
directories and IIS, URL queries, plus style sheets and stored
procedures) XML templates for retrieving data over the Web (templates
and parameterized templates, style sheets, posting templates) XML
mapping schemas (mapping schemas used with ADO and over HTTP,
advanced notations) Using OpenXML for receiving and inserting XML
documents (overflow data and edge tables) XML for SQL Server 2000
Web Release (using Updategrams to insert, query, update, and delete
XML data) Case study for an online computer store using SQL Server
and XML (including catalog and shopping basket management,
connecting to BizTalk Server 2000) Appendix for a basic XML tutorial
Personal Review: Programming Microsoft® SQL Server(TM)
2000 with XML, Second Edition by Graeme Malcolm
I never expected so much useful information into such a small book. Good
books don't sell by weight or page count.
I found this book concise and clear (this man knows how to teach). It sure
doesn't explain everything about the subject, but it gives the big picture,
with an impressive number of details too.
Ideal to start working in small time.
NOTE about who is this book for:

As title state, this book teaches how to use the XML features of SQL
Server 2000, not how to use SQL2000, so if you don't know SQL Server
you better read something else first.
From the XML XSL XPath X... side, this book is also for novices as it has a
very good appendix that teaches all you need to understand the book.
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