Use XQuery scripting language to retrieve specific XML data type values in SQL Server. Learn to script and use Value() and Query() to retrieve single and multiple XML values.  Read more...

Learn performance impacts of the XML data type and VARCHAR (MAX) data type in SQL Server 2005. Here are storage, I/O and CPU results of XML in SQL Server.  Read more...

Getting a result set of XML is the easy part, but what about exporting the data in a human readable format? Most DBAs don't spend a lot of time formatting XML output, but it doesn't hurt to know how. New author David McKinney brings us a technique for generating an XML article and then using SSIS and XSL to transform it into an HTML page.   Read more...

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The eleventh installment of the XML Workshop continues looking at namespaces. This time Jacob Sebastian examines default namespaces and how they impact your XML processing.  Read more...

With the tenth installment of his series on XML, Jacob Sebastian turns his attention to the art of namespaces and how you can avoid ambiguity in interpreting various elements.  Read more...

Auditing is something that almost every DBA needs to tackle at some point in his or her career. David McKinney brings a new twist on the solution by using XML and XSL to help implement auditing in your SQL Server application.   Read more...

Robyn Page and Phil Factor almost dispel the myth that XML is boring, with their radical new SQL Server XML workbench.  Read more...

Learn how to upload multiple XML files to an SQL Server 2005 database XML data type column.  Read more...

XML support has been significantly extended for SQL Server 2005. In this article, Tim Chapman takes a look at how you can shred XML data into a relational format with SQL Server's OPENXML function.  Read more...

Getting a result set of XML is the easy part, but what about exporting the data in a human readable format? Most DBAs don't spend a lot of time formatting XML output, but it doesn't hurt to know how. New author David McKinney brings us a technique for generating an XML article and then using SSIS and XSL to transform it into an HTML page.   Read more...

Tim Chapman discusses new functionality in SQL Server 2005 that allows you to shred XML data into a relational format without the intensive memory operations. He also explains how using XQuery rather than OPENQUERY can lead to performance gains.  Read more...

Auditing is something that almost every DBA needs to tackle at some point in his or her career. David McKinney brings a new twist on the solution by using XML and XSL to help implement auditing in your SQL Server application.   Read more...

With the tenth installment of his series on XML, Jacob Sebastian turns his attention to the art of namespaces and how you can avoid ambiguity in interpreting various elements.  Read more...

The eleventh installment of the XML Workshop continues looking at namespaces. This time Jacob Sebastian examines default namespaces and how they impact your XML processing.  Read more...