Chapter 12 Accessing Relational Data as XML


 

The features for working with relational data as XML described in this chapter are available only in Stylus Studio XML Professional Edition.

This chapter describes the different ways you can access relational data and render that data as XML in Stylus Studio:

  • DB-to-XML data sources, which you can use to query and, optionally, to modify data in a relational database from within Stylus Studio
  • The URL Builder, which lets you create an XML document based on a table or view you select from a relational database
For more information

Stylus Studio provides a video demonstration of Stylus Studio's DB-to-XML data source feature. Visit our Web site to view this and other Stylus Studio video demonstrations:

http://www.StylusStudio.com/xml_videos.html

Contents

This chapter covers the following topics:

XQuery and Web Services

XQuery provides a flexible means for data abstraction, while Web services provide process abstraction. In this online video demonstration, learn how integrated XQuery & Web service tools simplify development of XQuery-based Web service applications.

XML Schema Documentation Generator

Stylus Studio's XML Schema Editor includes an integrated XML Schema documentation generator, allowing you to easily publish XML content models defined in XML Schema in a convenient, HTML format. A screenshon of the XML Schema Editor is shown here.

SQL Server Tools

Integrated SQL Server Tools in Stylus Studio enable you to access relational data stored in SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005 as XML using XQuery, SQL/XML or ADO - learn how to export relational data as XML today!

OASIS Catalog Support

Stylus Studio's features for working with OASIS catalogs allow you to incorporate any vendor's catalog - or one of your own - in your XML, making writing correct and robust XML easier than ever.

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