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Chapter 18Working with XML Data

Key Skills & Concepts

Learn the Basics of XML

Learn About SQL/XML

The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a general-purpose markup language used to describe documents in a format that is convenient for display on web pages and for exchanging data between different parties. The specifications for storing XML data in SQL databases were added to the SQL standard in SQL:2003 as Part 14 (arguably the most significant enhancement to that version ...

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