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| Introduction | |
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| XML and ASP.NET Development | |
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| XML's Ancestor--SGML | |
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| Why Do We Need XML? | |
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| X Is for eXtensible | |
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| Differences Between XML and HTML | |
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| Presentation Versus Description | |
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| Closing Tags | |
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| Element Nesting | |
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| Quoted Attributes | |
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| Case Sensitivity | |
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| MSXML3 Versus the .NET Platform's System.Xml Assembly | |
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| How Can XML Be Used by an ASP.NET Developer? | |
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| Summary | |
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| XML for ASP.NET Basics | |
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| What's in an XML Document? | |
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| Well-Formed XML Documents | |
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| The Root Element | |
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| [left angle bracket]br[right angle bracket] Versus [left angle bracket]br/[right angle bracket] | |
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| Nesting No-No's | |
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| Other Rules | |
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| Valid XML Documents | |
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| The XML Declaration | |
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| The xml Keyword | |
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| The XML Document Version | |
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| The Encoding Type | |
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| The standalone Keyword | |
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| XML Elements | |
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| XML Attributes | |
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| XML Namespaces | |
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| Namespace Structure | |
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| Default Namespaces | |
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| Qualified Namespaces | |
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| XML Processing Instructions | |
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| XML Comments | |
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| XML Entities | |
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| Standard Entities | |
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| Using ASP.NET Objects to Generate XML | |
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| Character Entities | |
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| Internal, External, and Parameter Entities | |
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| CDATA Sections | |
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| Dealing with Whitespace | |
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| The Relationship of XML to XHTML | |
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| Using ASP.NET Objects to Generate XML | |
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| Application Specifics | |
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| Application Summary | |
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| Summary | |
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| XPath, XPointer, and XLink | |
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| Meet a Few of XML's Relatives | |
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| XPath--The SQL of XML | |
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| XPath Basics | |
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| XPath Functions | |
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| XPath Abbreviation Examples | |
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| XPointer--Accessing XML Document Fragments | |
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| XPointer Basics | |
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| XPointer Examples | |
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| XLink--Resource Relationship Management | |
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| XLink Basics | |
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| XLink Keyword Definitions | |
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| XLink Attributes | |
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| The XLink Simple Link | |
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| XLink Extended Links | |
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| Linkbases and External Linksets | |
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| Putting XLink Together | |
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| Summary | |
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| Understanding DTDs and XML Schemas | |
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| Why Use DTDs or Schemas? | |
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| Do I Really Need to Validate? | |
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| DTD Basics | |
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| The DTD DOCTYPE | |
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| DTD Elements | |
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| DTD Attributes | |
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| DTD Entities | |
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| DTD Notations | |
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| Summing Up DTDs | |
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| XML Schemas--Looks a Lot Like XML! | |
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| A Sample XML-DR Schema and Its DTD Counterpart | |
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| Using the Schema Keyword with Namespaces in XML-DR Schemas | |
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| XML-DR Elements, Groups and Attributes | |
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| XML Data Types | |
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| XML-DR Description Element | |
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| XML-DR Summary | |
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| The W3C XML Schema | |
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| W3C Schma Elements and Attributes | |
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| Data Type Definitions | |
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| Creating Unique Fields, Keys, and Relationship | |
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| Namespace Support in XML Schemas | |
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| Referencing XML Schemas from Within XML Documents | |
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| XML Schema Summary | |
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| Summary | |
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| Using the XmlTextReader and XmlTextWriter Classes in ASP.NET | |
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| Introducing the System.Xml Assembly | |
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| In Memory Versus Forward-Only Parsing | |
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| Pull Versus Push Models | |
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| Using the XmlTextReader Class to parse XML | |
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| Building a SAX-Style Push Model Using the XmlTextReader | |
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| Referencing Assemblies | |
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| Setting the Handlers | |
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| Declaring the XmlTextReader Class | |
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| Instantiating the XmlTextReader Class | |
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| Reading from the Stream | |
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| Checking for Element Nodes | |
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| Checking for End Element Nodes | |
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| Reading Text Nodes | |
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| Handling Processing Instructions, Whitespace, and Entities | |
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| Ending the Parsing Process and Catching Errors | |
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| Calling the SAX Parser from an ASP.NET Page | |
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| Validating XML Documents Using the XmlTextReader and XMLValidatingReader | |
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| Instantiating the XmlValidatingReader | |
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| Setting the ValidationType | |
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| Using the XmlSchemaCollection Class | |
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| Attaching Event Handlers | |
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| Creating a Generic Validation Class | |
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| Passing Authentication Credentials with the XmlTextReader Class | |
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| Using the XMmlTextWriter Class to Create XML Documents | |
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| Converting EDI or Legacy Data to XML | |
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| Summary | |
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| Programming the Document Object Model (DOM) with ASP.NET | |
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| Welcome to the DOM | |
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| In-Memory Versus Forward-Only Parsing | |
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| Working with MSXML3 via Interop | |
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| DOM Classes in the System.xml Namespace and Assembly | |
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| The XmlNode Class | |
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| The XmlDocument Class | |
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| XmlDocument Object Properties and Methods | |
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| Loading an XML Document using the XmlDocument Class | |
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| Creating Nodes Using the XmlDocument Class | |
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| The XmlNodeList Class | |
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| The XmlNamedNodeMap Class | |
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| Selecting Nodes Within the DOM Using Xpath | |
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| Putting it All Together | |
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| The XmlNodeReader Class | |
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| XMLHTTPRequest Object | |
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| Sample Applications-Client Server-Side Hierarchical XML Menus | |
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| Chapter 2 Sample Application Revisited | |
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| Summary | |
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| Transforming XML with XSLT and ASP.NET | |
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| What Is XSLT? | |
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| The Transformation process | |
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| XSLT Templates | |
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| Getting Your Feet Wet with XSLT | |
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| The XSLT Language | |
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| The XSLT Document Root Element | |
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| XSLT Elements | |
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| Transforming XML into Another Form of XML Using XSLT Elements | |
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| XSLT Functions | |
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| The XPathDocument Class | |
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| NET Classes Involved in Transforming XML | |
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| The XslTransform Class | |
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| The XsltArgumentList Class | |
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| Putting it All Together | |
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| Using Extension Objects with XSLT | |
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| Creating a Reusable XSLT Class | |
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| The Asp: Xml Web Control | |
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| Summary | |
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| Leveraging ADO.NET's XML Features Using ASP.NET | |
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| Introducing ADO.NET | |
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| Comparing Classic ADO with ADO.NET | |
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| XML Integration | |
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| What Happened to the RecordSet Object? | |
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| Disconnected Versus Connected | |
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| ADO.NET Basics | |
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| ADO.NET Managed Providers | |
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| The Command Class | |
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| The SqlDataAdapter and OleDbDataAdapter Classes | |
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| The DataSet Class | |
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| Viewing DataSets as XML | |
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| Loading DataSets with XML | |
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| Saving DataSets as XML | |
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| Working with the DataSet and XmlDataDocument Classes | |
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| XmlDataDocument Properties and Methods | |
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| Shaping DataSet Columns with the MappingType Enumeration | |
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| Mapping XSD Schemas to a DataSet | |
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| Creating DataSet Mappings Using XML | |
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| Using DataSets to Work with Hierarchical XML Data and XSLT | |
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| Summary | |
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| SQL Server 2000, XML, and ASP.NET | |
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| XML Features in SQL Server 2000 | |
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| Querying SQL Server 2000 Using HTTP | |
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| Configuring SQL Server Virtual Directories in IIS | |
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| Querying SQL Server 2000 Through HTTP Using the For XML Keywords | |
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| Using HTTP Queries to Return Elements and Schemas | |
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| Querying SQL Server 2000 Through HTTP with XML Templates | |
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| Querying SQL Server 2000 through HTTP Using Templates, XPath, and XDR Schemas | |
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| SQL Server 2000 Schemas and Annotations | |
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| Using XPath Queries and Schemas in a URL | |
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| Using XPath Queries, Schemas, and Templates | |
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| Using Explicit Mode Queries | |
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| Using Directives in Explicit Mode Queries | |
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| Using Openxml to Manipulate X | |
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| XML Updategrams--Update, Inserts, and Delete Database Records with XML Using ASP.NET | |
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| Using ADO.NET with SQL Server 2000 | |
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| The XmlParserContext Class | |
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| Summary | |
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| Working with ASP.NET, XML, SOAP, and Web Services | |
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| Understanding SOAP | |
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| Alternatives to SOAP | |
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| What Is SOAP? | |
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| Analyzing SOAP's Structure | |
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| The SOAP Envelope | |
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| The SOAP Header | |
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| The SOAP Body | |
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| SOAP Encoding and Data Types | |
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| SOAP HTTP Headers | |
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| Understanding Web Services | |
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| Web Service Protocols (SOAP, HTTP-GET, HTTP-POST) | |
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| Web Service Architecture | |
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| Introducing Web Service Attributes | |
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| Consuming a Web Service from an ASP.NET File | |
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| Retrieving Customer Orders Through a Web Service | |
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| Web Service Description | |
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| Creating the ACME Distribution, Inc. Web Service | |
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| Consuming the ACME Distribution, Inc. Web Service | |
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| Summary | |
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| Index | |