Overview/Description
recognize how to use, implement, retrieve and manipulate XML data in SQL Server 2005 using XQuery language
Target Audience
Developers who use Microsoft Office SQL Server 2005 and consultants providing consulting services for SQL Server 2005; individuals looking to pass the 70-441 PRO: Designing Database Solutions by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 certification exam and those individuals targeting toward the Microsoft certification: Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Database Developer certification path.
Prerequisites
Three or more years database programming experience including expertise in troubleshooting triggers, queries, stored procedures, user-defined functions, and user-defined types, writing Transact-SQL queries, performing database performance optimization, designing and troubleshooting the data access layer of the application, designing databases, iImplementing databases at the physical level, and gathering business requirements.
identify various applications where XML data can be used and recognize XML support in SQL Server 2005.
recognize how to utilize and implement an XML data type in SQL Server 2005.
recognize how to retrieve data in XML format from a database by using FOR XML and parse an XML document to produce a rowset by using OPENXML in SQL Server 2005.
recognize how to utilize and implement the XQuery language in SQL Server 2005.
recognize how to use the XML data type methods by using XQuery and use the XQuery functions and operators to work with an XML data type.
recognize how to use the modify() method to manipulate XML data in SQL Server 2005 and the considerations when using XQuery.
update XML data in a database using XQuery language.