Tag: SQL

XQuery against RDBMS: let the engine optimize your SQL

We recently noticed some questions on a newsgroup that attracted our attention. The question was something similar to this: How to create an XQuery which generates SQL like [cc lang="sql" theme="xquery"] SELECT t1.columnName1 FROM Table t1 WHERE t1.columnName2...

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Minollo August 28, 2007

Why do I want to use XQuery against relational databases?

A few days ago someone brought to my attention a post by Elliotte Harold about "The State of Native XML Databases", which also mentions...

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Minollo August 15, 2007

Turkey leftovers

After four days of unchecked eating turkey leftovers and residual pumpkin pie and pumpkin gingerbread trifles, I was sent a link earlier so I could accurately account for the damage to my waistline... In other news, some former Google employees have set up...

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Jonathan Bruce November 28, 2005