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Home > Online Product Documentation > Table of Contents > What is XQuery For? What is XQuery For?XQuery was devised primarily as a query language for data stored in XML form. So its main role is to get information out of XML databases - this includes relational databases that store XML data, or that present an XML view of the data they hold. Some people are also using XQuery for manipulating free-standing XML documents, for example, for transforming messages passing between applications. In that role XQuery competes directly with XSLT, and which language you choose is largely a matter of personal preference. In fact, some people like XQuery so much that they are even using it for rendering XML into HTML for presentation. That's not really the job XQuery was designed for, and there are other technologies, like XSLT, that are better suited for this purpose, but once you get to know a tool, you tend to find new ways of using it. |
Using DataDirect XML Converters
Learn how to use DataDirect XML Converters and the Stylus Studio Java Code Generator to deploy the XQuery applications you build in Stylus Studio to a live server environment.
An Introduction to XQuery Development
An Introduction to XQuery demonstrates how easy it is to use Stylus Studio's many tools for editing, testing and deploying XQuery applications. Learn how to write your first XQuery application in just minutes by watching this online tutorial.
Stylus Studio User Guides (PDF Download)
Download Stylus Studio User Guides in printer-friendly PDF format, including documentation of past (older) versions of Stylus Studio.
DOM - The Document Object Model
The Document Object Model (DOM) is a cross-platform interface for parsing and manipulating XML. Learn how Stylus Studio supports DOM in our XML Pipeline and other XML parsing tools.
