Steve Muench of Oracle has announced an update of their SQL+XML+XSLT publishing framework "XSQL Pages", a freely available Java servlet engine.

The first prototype screen contains the five most recently posted jobs that match the user's search criteria. The value for the search string would be supplied when the user completes the WML form listed in example 1, although it could also be stored in one of a catalogue of user search profiles stored in the database in a real system. The screen only needs to access one table in the database - the JOB table and present an initial WML deck that contains a top level card with each job title forming a hyperlink pointing to a related card containing further details about the job. This allows the user to have a quick view of the jobs that have been posted and to retrieve more details about interesting-looking jobs quickly without resubmitting a new request.

XML was first introduced in 1996 and quickly spread into various information technology areas. With ongoing introduction and further specification of the new technology, XML documents became more and more complex and bigger in size.

Oracle XSQL Pages are templates that allow anyone familiar with SQL to declaratively: