• Chapter 1: Getting Started with Stylus Studio®
• Chapter 2: Editing and Querying XML
• Chapter 3: Converting Non-XML Files to XML
• Chapter 4: Working with XSLT
• Chapter 5: Creating XSLT Using the XSLT Mapper
• Chapter 6: Debugging Stylesheets
• Chapter 7: Defining XML Schemas
• Chapter 8: Defining Document Type Definitions
• Chapter 9: Writing XPath Expressions
• Chapter 10: Working with XQuery in Stylus Studio
• Chapter 11: Composing Web Service Calls
• Chapter 12: Accessing Relational Data as XML
  • Overview of DB-to-XML Data Sources
  • Creating a DB-to-XML Data Source
  • Specifying Connection Settings
  • Using an ODBC Data Source in Stylus Studio
  • Working with Scenarios
  • Composing SQL/XML in Stylus Studio
  • Working with Relational Data as XML
  • Using the URL Builder
    • 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
• Chapter 13: Integrating with Third-Party File Systems
• Chapter 14: Extending Stylus Studio
• Chapter 15: Stylus Studio GUI Reference

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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.

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