• 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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When to Use

Use the URL Builder any time you want to quickly render an entire table or view as XML. Any time you need more control - writing your own SQL/XML or updating the relational database, for example - use a DB-to-XML data source. See Overview of DB-to-XML Data Sources for more information.

You also use the URL Builder when specifying connection settings for XQUery collections. See Working with Collections for more information.