7.8. Conclusion
This chapter presented the basic technologies required to enable a relational database with XML to cover the current main scenarios of exporting and importing structured XML data. Based on SQL Server 2000's XML support, it gave an overview of the different building blocks such as HTTP and SOAP access, queryable and updateable XML views, rowset views over XML, and XML serialization of relational results. Rowset views over XML and the XML serialization of relational results can be characterized as providing XML support for users feeling comfortable in the context of the relational world, whereas the XML views provide XML-based access to the database for people more familiar with XML.
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