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Chapter 7. Product Search: XQL

In this chapter

• Downloading the GMD-IPSI XQL Engine

• Creating the Index File

• Creating the Search Page

• The Search Results Page

• Performing the Search

• Next Steps

In Chapter 6, “Adjusting Inventory: Using Namespaces and More About DOM,” we finalized the order process, using XPath expressions to help us find product information. To do that, we processed our document using an XSL style sheet, and then worked with the resulting document. It worked, but it certainly wasn't the most convenient way of using XPath-type expressions. In this chapter, we're going to look at another way.

If you've ever done any database programming, you're probably familiar with Standard Query Language, or SQL. It's a (mostly) standard way of retrieving ...