Re: I've been curious out XQuery

Comparing XQuery vs XPath 2.0:

XQuery 1.0 = XPath 2.0 - (sibling, ancestor and namespace axes) + element
construction + variable binding + order by + user-defined functions + Prolog
(namespace binding etc.)

I expect that 60% of the XQuery 1.0 queries written will also be valid XPath
2.0 queries (disregarding the namespace bindings in the XQuery prolog).

Best regards
Michael

"Robbe Morris [C# MVP]" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> XPath is pretty powerful. What is it that XQuery can
> do that I can't already do with XPath? What makes it
> so crucial that we have it?
>
> Enlighten me...
>
> --
> 2005 Microsoft MVP C#
> Robbe Morris
> http://www.robbemorris.com
> http://www.masterado.net/home/listings.aspx
>
>
>
> "Tony Lavinio" <stylusstudio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Dear SQL Server users on microsoft.public.sqlserver.xml,
>>
>> Microsoft recently announced that they are dropping XQuery from
>> their next release of the .NET Framework, 2.0 (Whidbey). Since
>> Microsoft ships .NET Framework only every 3 or so years, cutting
>> XQuery from Whidbey means that the next opportunity for XQuery
>> to find its way into .NET Framework won't be until around 2009,
>> and even then it's far from a sure thing. That's why it's so
>> important that the community of XQuery developers makes XQuery a
>> priority for Microsoft.
>>
>> Stylus Studio believes that XQuery's has broader applicability
>> then just an XML querying language but is also an important
>> mid-tier data integration and Web service enabling technology,
>> and therefore should not be dropped from the Microsoft .NET 2.0
>> Framework. Many Microsoft MVP's agree and Stylus Studio is
>> asking for any developer who shares this vision and to sign the
>> petition online at: http://www.stylusstudio.com/xqueryforall/
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>> Tony Lavinio
>> Stylus Studio Principal Software Architect
>> http://www.stylusstudio.com/
>
>


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