SQL Server 2000 XML Distilled [Paperback]

Kevin Williams (Author), Daryl Barnes (Author), Bryant Likes (Author), Stephen Mohr (Author), Paul Morris (Author), Andrew Novick (Author), Andrew Polshaw (Author), Simon Sabin (Author), Jeni Tennison (Author), Andy Novick (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1590591917 | ISBN-13: 978-1590591918 | Publication Date: July 11, 2003 | Edition: 1

"SQL Server 2000 XML Distilled" shows where XML as a data model makes sense, when and how best to get both relational databases and XML to work together, and how to set up and configure the SQL Server XML environment.

Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (July 11, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590591917
• ISBN-13: 978-1590591918
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,481,879 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great companion resource to SQLXML BOL, February 15, 2003

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"davidgabele" (Cleveland, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SQL Server 2000 Xml Distilled (Paperback)

This book is an excellent addition to the documentation provided with SQLXML, especially if you are just starting to use SQLXML. The book helps you decide if SQLXML is right for your situation. If it is, the book will continue to walk you through some real examples, covering some of the pros and cons of different methods. Being a developer, I highly recommend this book if you are using or considering to use SQLXML in a Microsoft environment.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive, Reality-Based Guidance, November 25, 2002

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Joshua Allen (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SQL Server 2000 Xml Distilled (Paperback)

The people who wrote this book have a great deal of real-world experience using these technologies, and it shows. While the SQL Server product documentation and the first generation of SQL Server XML books are great for giving you a categorical treatment of the features, this book emphasizes the techniques that are proving to be most useful while providing experience-based warnings about potential pitfalls in other techniques. It's also great for getting perspective on pros and cons when you are designing something that could be implemented in multiple ways using SQL Server XML.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended for all SQL Server 2000 Developers and DBA, November 23, 2002

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Sreekanth Reddy (Suwanee, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SQL Server 2000 Xml Distilled (Paperback)

Even though this book is one of the first attempts of Curlingstone press, the book is by far one of the best covering how to use XML in SQL Server. Most other books are copy cats of MSDN online refrence but this book stands out by covering SQL XML 3.0 in great detail and explains each and every topic with very good practical examples.

I highly recommend for all the developers who want to get the data from SQL Server 2000 in XML format. The book also covers in great detail about programmatic access of SQLXML in VB6 and .NET.

If you are planning an integration with Biz Talk server and SQL server or if you are planning to expose your Stored procedures through Web services, I think this is the only book which covers those topics through case studies.

I strongly recommend this book to all SQL Server 2000 Developers and DBA's.