• 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
  • Opening a New DB-to-XML Data Source Document
  • Specifying Connection Settings
  • Working with Scenarios
  • Composing SQL/XML in Stylus Studio
  • Working with Relational Data as XML
  • Using the URL Builder
• Chapter 13: Extending Stylus Studio
• Chapter 14: Stylus Studio Reference

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Choosing a Database

Stylus Studio allows you to connect to

If you want to connect to one of the relational databases supported by Stylus Studio, simply select the database from the Database Type drop-down list. If you want to use a database that is not natively supported, select DataDirect SequeLink.

Using SequeLink

You can use DataDirect SequeLink to connect to any database that complies with the Microsoft Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) specification. This process involves:

SequeLink product software and documentation are in the \SequeLink directory where you installed Stylus Studio ( c:\Program Files\Stylus Studio\SequeLink, for example). See the Stylus Studio Release Notes for information on installing SequeLink Server.