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Beginning XML Databases (Wrox Beginning Guides)

ISBN: 0471791202
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2006
Pages: 183

Authors: Gavin Powell

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• Beginning XML Databases
• Back Cover
• About
• Credits
• Introduction
• What This Book Covers
• How This Book Is Organized
• What You Need to Use This Book
• Future Editions of This Book
• Conventions
• Source Code
• Errata
• p2p.wrox.com
• Chapter 1: What is XML?
• Comparing HTML and XML
• What Is XML Capable Of?
• What Is XSL?
• Creating and Displaying a Simple XML Document
• Introducing the XML Document Object Model
• XML Browsers and Different Internet Browsers
• The Document Type Definition
• XML Syntax
• Summary
• Exercise
• Chapter 2: The XML Document Object Model
• Basic XML DOM Structure
• The Primary XML DOM Classes
• More Obscure XML DOM Classes
• Generating XML Using ASP
• Summary
• Exercises
• Chapter 3: Extending the Power of XML with XSL
• What Is XSL?
• Basic XSL Elements Syntax
• Advanced XSL Syntax
• Combining the XML DOM and XSL
• Summary
• Exercises
• Chapter 4: Relational Database Tables and XML
• Using SQL for Database Access
• Generating XML Pages Using Basic SQL
• Summary
• Exercises
• Chapter 5: Oracle Database and XML
• The Oracle XMLType Data Type
• Implementing XML in an Oracle Database
• XML and the Database
• Summary
• Chapter 6: SQL Server and XML
• The SQL Server XML Data Type
• Generating XML: The FOR XML Clause
• Generating Tuples from XML: OPENXML
• Working with XML Data Types
• Defining XML Content with XSD Schemas
• Creating Indexes on XML Data Types
• Summary
• Exercises
• Chapter 7: XML in Heterogeneous Environments
• Basic XML Document Transfer
• Sharing XML with Web Services
• Applying Semantics to XML Transfers
• External Data and XML
• Summary
• Exercises
• Chapter 8: Understanding XML Documents as Objects
• Why Explain the Object Model Here?
• XML Data as a Relational Structure
• The Basics of the Object Data Model
• XML Data as an Object Structure
• Summary
• Exercises
• Chapter 9: What Is a Native XML Database?
• An XML Document Is a Database
• Classify Native XML Databases by Content
• Using a Native XML Database
• Summary
• Exercises
• Chapter 10: Navigating XML Documents Using XPath
• What Is XPath?
• XPath Nodes
• XPath Expression Syntax
• XPath Axes
• XPath Functions
• Summary
• Exercises
• Chapter 11: Reading XML Documents Using XQuery
• What Is XQuery?
• The Basics of XQuery
• XQuery FLWOR
• XQuery in Oracle XML DB
• What Is XQueryX?
• Summary
• Exercises
• Chapter 12: Some Advanced XML Standards
• XLink and XPointer
• XForms and HTML Form Generation
• Embedding XML Documents with XInclude
• Formatting XML Output Using XML-FO
• Summary
• Exercises
• Chapter 13: Data Modeling and XML
• The Document Type Definition
• The XML Schema Definition
• Summary
• Exercises
• Chapter 14: Applying XML Databases in Industry
• What Can XML Do?
• Native XML Databases
• Specific XML Vocabularies
• Commercial Implementation of XML
• When to Use a Native XML Database
• Summary
• Glossary
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Appendix A: Exercise Answers
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 13
• Appendix B: The Sample Database
• Appendix C: Syntax Conventions
• Appendix D: XML Technology
• Appendix E: XML Relational Database Technology
• Index
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Code Examples