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- From: Steve Muench <smuench@us.oracle.com>
- To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org, xsl-list@mulberrytech.com,General discussion of Extensible Markup Language <XML-L@listserv.heanet.ie>
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 21:30:55 -0700
Fellow XML and XSLT enthusiasts,
The new book "Building Oracle XML Applications" from O'Reilly is now
available (ISBN: 1565926919). A complete overview of its contents is
at http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orxmlapp as well as a complete
sample chapter, "Transforming XML Using XSLT".
The book assumes you know a little SQL and either Java or PL/SQL, but
does not assume you know anything about XML, XSLT, or XPath and
includes solid, pragmatic introductions. Besides the core introduction
to XSLT in Chapter 7 and the "XSLT Beyond the Basics" in Chapter 9,
the book abounds with examples of using XSLT and database-driven XML
content in 10 of the 17 chapters. The book ships with a free
developer's copy of the Oracle JDeveloper 3.1 Java IDE (for Win
NT/2000) for more easily working through all of the examples.
The book's examples and explanations teach you...
-> What the XML, XSLT, and XPath standards are for, how they relate,
and how to apply them to Oracle database-driven XML for the Web.
-> How to produce XML of any desired structure from database data and
how to store XML of any structure into normalized database tables
for further processing.
-> How to use Oracle's built-in "XSQL Pages" server templates to
combine SQL, XML, and XSLT to publish information in any XML, HTML,
or Text-based format for offline or Web delivery.
-> How to use Java and PL/SQL to programmatically create, transform,
search, process, enqueue, dequeue, post, and retrieve XML, both
from inside and outside the database by exploiting the Oracle XDK
components.
-> How to search over millions of XML documents or document fragments
stored in the database using Oracle's "interMedia" XML-savvy
document searching facilities
Advanced topics include:
-> Using XSLT keys like database functional indexes to improve XSLT
transformation performance.
-> Using XSLT in combination with JTidy to dynamically aggregate data
from existing HTML-based web services
-> Building an XMLLoader utility to insert XML files of arbitrary size
into any number of database tables.
-> Building stylesheets that create stylesheets, and using stylesheets
to generate colorful SVG charts from database data.
-> Writing and debugging XSLT extension functions and XSQL action
handlers in Java.
-> Building a database-driven portal site with per-user customization
and building a completely XSLT-driven online discussion forum
application.
______________________________________________________________
Steve Muench, Lead XML Evangelist & Consulting Product Manager
BC4J & XSQL Servlet Development Teams, Oracle Rep to XSL WG
Author "Building Oracle XML Applications", O'Reilly
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orxmlapp/
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