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XML stands for _ ? |
eXtensible Markup Language |
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What was XML designed for? |
XML was designed to transport and store data, with focus on what data is, not how it is displayed and looks. |
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What are the components of XML? |
The characters making up an XML document are divided into markup and content. |
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What is an XML Tag? |
Tag - A markup construct that begins with < and ends with >. Tags signify the opening and closing of an element or attribute. |
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What is an XML Element? |
Element - The logical units of information in an XML document. They begin with a start-tag and end with a matching end-tag or consists only of an empty-element tag. |
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What is an XML Attribute? |
Attribute - An attribute specifies a single property for an element, using a name/value pair. XML tags also are used to mark the start and end of Attributes. |
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How is an XML structure generally described and why? |
XML documents form a tree structure that starts at "the root" and branches to "the leaves". |
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What is the one element that all XML documents must contain? |
XML documents must contain a root element. This element is "the parent" of all other elements. |
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When using XML, is case sensitivity important> |
Yes! - XML is case sensitive unicode taext. |
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How do you retrieve the results of a SQL query as XML? |
By specifying the FOR XML clause in the query. |
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What are the four modes of a FOR XML clause? |
RAW |
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Explain the RAW mode |
The RAW mode generates a single element per row in the rowset that is returned by the SELECT statement. You can generate XML hierarchy by writing nested FOR XML queries. |
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Explain the AUTO mode |
The AUTO mode generates nesting in the resulting XML by using heuristics based on the way the SELECT statement is specified. You have minimal control over the shape of the XML generated. The nested FOR XML queries can be written to generate XML hierarchy beyond the XML shape that is generated by AUTO mode heuristics. |