Using the URL Builder

The URL Builder utility lets you connect to a relational database server, select a table or view, and render that object as an XML document. You can use this feature, implemented on the URL Builder tab of the Open dialog box, to open relational data as an XML document anywhere in Stylus Studio - in the XML Editor, the XQuery and XSLT Mappers, and so on.

Figure 378. URL Builder Tab of the Open Dialog Box


		Watch it! You can view a video demonstration of this feature by clicking the television icon or by clicking this link: watch the Using the URL Builder video.

A complete list of the videos demonstrating Stylus Studio's features is here: http://www.stylusstudio.com/xml_videos.html.

In this section

This section covers the following topics:

URL Builder Compared to DB-to-XML Data Sources

When to Use

Connection Settings

How to Open a Table or View as an XML Document

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