XML Unleashed

Chapter 23. Accessing Databases with XML and ASP

In This Chapter

• Uses of XML in Database Management Systems

• Personal Web Server (PWS) and Active Server Pages (ASP)

• The Native ASP Objects

• The Scripting Objects

• ActiveX and DOM Objects

• Understanding Databases

• Connecting to a Database with ASP

• Reading Data into an XML Stream

• Using XML as a Data Store

• Accessing Data from an XML Data Store

• XML vs. RDBMS

Databases and XML have many similarities. They're both ways of structuring and storing information. Databases store information in the form of records and fields, which allows easy access and searching. XML documents can also be structured to store information in a similar manner.

This chapter explores how Active Server Pages (ASP) can be used to exploit XML ...