Re: I've been curious out XQuery

There's a fairly basic tutorial at W3Schools that serves as a good
beginner's intro:

http://www.w3schools.com/xquery/default.asp



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"Robbe Morris [C# MVP]" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What is a user-defined function for XQuery? Can you elaborate?

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"Michael Rys [MSFT]" <mrys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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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