On Jan. 23, 2007 the W3C granted Recommendation status to XQuery, the XML query language designed to do for Web services what SQL did for relational databases. XQuery allows you to work in one common ...

The W3C grants Recommendation status to XQuery, the XML query language designed to do for Web services what SQL did for relational databases. On Jan. 23, 2007 the W3C granted Recommendation status to ...

[!INCLUDE SQL Server Azure SQL Database] This example illustrates the use of the SQLXMLOLEDB Provider-specific property ClientSideXML. In this client-side ADO sample application, an XML template that ...

You can assign the FOR XML query result to an xml type variable, or use XQuery to query the result, and assign that result to an xml type variable for more processing. DECLARE @x xml SET @x=(SELECT ...

However, when handling large amounts of XML data in actual systems, there are cases where XPath alone is not enough.

What is a database query? In a database context, a query is a request for information or data made by a user and written in a specific format. The format is determined by the query language supported ...