- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (23 Sep 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0672324792
- ISBN-13: 978-0672324796
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.7 x 2.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,753,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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XQuery Kick Start delivers a concise introduction to the XQuery standard, and useful implementation advice for developers needing to put it into practice. The book starts by explaining the role of XQuery in the XML family of specifications, and its relationship with XPath. The authors then explain the specification in detail, describing the semantics and data model, before moving to examples using XQuery to manipulate XML databases and document storage systems. Later chapters discuss Java implementations of XQuery and development tools that facilitate the development of Web sites with XQuery. This book is up to date with the latest XQuery specifications, and includes coverage of new features for extending the XQuery language.
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XQuery Kick Start delivers a concise introduction to the XQuery standard, and useful implementation advice for developers needing to put it into practice. The book starts by explaining the role of XQuery in the XML family of specifications, and its relationship with XPath. The authors then explain the specification in detail, describing the semantics and data model, before moving to examples using XQuery to manipulate XML databases and document storage systems. Later chapters discuss Java implementations of XQuery and development tools that facilitate the development of Web sites with XQuery. This book is up to date with the latest XQuery specifications, and includes coverage of new features for extending the XQuery language.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Poorly organized, random topics with little meat
28 Jun 2004
Format:Paperback
I don't think I've read a computer book as poorly organized as this one. The basic premise seems to be present some random aspects of XQuery or related topics in a chapter and have no flow through the book.
There is a lot of good material in the book but try to find it - it's more or less impossible because the index is abysmal. There's no real introduction to how to use XQuery - instead we start off with XSLT. That may be OK (they are related) but it seemed a bit strange to me.
Another problem with the book is that some of it is out of date. The XQuery specification is a work in progress but the book was written after (and refers to) the final draft - but a lot of the examples are not compliant with that final draft.
The best thing that I can say about this book is that it forced me to research issues more deeply and therefore find out what I needed to know. I wouldn't buy this book - try to borrow it and see if it meets your needs.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Below average
25 Nov 2008
Format:Paperback
Totally agree with previous post titled 'Poorly organized, random topics with little meat'.
The book has a amateurish feel, full of topics that are not coherent, basically just a few lines here and there to fill up the page.
Look for O'Reilly XQuery by Priscilla Walmsley, a much better book.
The book has a amateurish feel, full of topics that are not coherent, basically just a few lines here and there to fill up the page.
Look for O'Reilly XQuery by Priscilla Walmsley, a much better book.
9 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Essential XQuery
18 Jan 2004
Format:Paperback
This book is about best practices, patterns and anti-patterns, and about how to use XML and XQuery correctly and efficiently. It will be useful to a professional with any level of experience. It may be used as a tutorial and read from the cover to cover, or one can enjoy reading selected items, depending on the experience and taste. The book's very detailed index makes it an excellent reference on the subject as well.
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