> Interesting article. I've just started looking at Oracle's > native XML support in 9i (release 9.2). It looks very > promising... a way to get the best of both worlds. You can > return XML from a standard SQL query on a relational table, > you can mix relational and XML data in a record, you can > aggregate records into a single XML document etc.
It's worth noting that you can do some of this in SQL Server 2000, using the OPENXML function and XPath queries to work with XML data, and using FOR XML to return XML data. Of course, you won't be able to run that on your TiBook without VPC. > You will need to register with Oracle TechNet to view > this - worth doing, it's free and there's a lot of useful > information there (including online docs with full SQL > specs). Not to mention actual limited-license copies of Oracle database server software. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm

