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SQL Server and the XML Data Type : Data Manipulation

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The introduction of the xml data type, with its own set of methods for processing xml data, made it possible for SQL Server developers to create columns and variables of the type xml. Deanna Dicken examines the modify() method, which provides for data manipulation of the XML data stored in the xml data type via XML DML statements.

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2010-06-08

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Ten Problems with XQuery and the SQL/XML Standard

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XQuery and SQL/XML standard are processors for XML. SQL/XML was designed to try to match the capabilities of XQuery as closely as possible and XQuery was designed not only to support XML, but also to support relational processing. Read on to learn why this may have a negative influence on their capabilities.

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2010-03-02

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Too Many Choices

I have a table, dbo.MasterBrands, with this data:

BrandID OfficialName
1       Samsung
2       Apple
3       Microsoft
4       Adidas
5       Coca-Cola
I run this query. What is returned for Coca-Cola?
SELECT CHOOSE(BrandID, 'Conglomerate', 'Tech and Design', 'Desktop', 'Apparel')
FROM dbo.MasterBrands;

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