CHAPTER 11
XML
SQL Server 2012 continues the standard for XML integration included with the SQL Server 2008 release. SQL Server 2012 XML still offers tight integration with T-SQL through the xml data type, support for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) XQuery and XML Schema recommendations.
SQL Server 2012’s tight XML integration and the xml data type provide streamlined methods of performing several XML-related tasks that used to require clunky code to interface with COM objects and other tools external to the SQL Server engine. This chapter discusses the xml data type and the XML tools built into T-SQL to take advantage of this functionality. ...
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