|
|
An introduction to SQL/XML, an extension of SQL that is part of ANSI/ISO SQL 2003. It lets SQL queries create XML structures with a few powerful XML publishing functions. For a SQL programmer, SQL/XML easy to learn because it involves only a few small additions to the existing SQL language. Since SQL is a mature language, there are a lot of tools and infrastructure for SQL. For instance, SQL/XML uses JDBC to return results, and there is currently no equivalent standard API for XQuery. SQL also has functionality not yet found in XQuery, such as updates or stored procedures.
|