What’s New in SQL Server 2008 XML SQL Server 2008

SQL Server 2008 provides several enhancements over SQL Server 2000 in terms of XML support and some enhancements over SQL Server 2005. While much of the backward-compatible XML-specific functionality from SQL Server 2000 is available in SQL Server 2008, most of it has been deprecated in favor of the new features and functionality. This section gives a broad overview of the major enhancements to XML support, which include the following items:

• New xml data type
• XML schema collections
• XML indexes
• FOR XML enhancements, including XPath support in the FOR XML PATH clause
• XQuery and XML DML support
• SQLCLR xml data type support
• Improvements to legacy XML functionality, including improvements to the sp_xml_preparedocument procedure
• HTTP Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) endpoints
SQL Server 2008 provides several enhancements over SQL Server 2000 in terms of XML support and some enhancements over SQL Server 2005. While much of the backward-compatible XML-specific functionality from SQL Server 2000 is available in SQL Server 2008, most of it has been deprecated in favor of the new features and functionality. This section gives a broad overview of the major enhancements to XML support, which include the following items:
• New xml data type
• XML schema collections
• XML indexes
• FOR XML enhancements, including XPath support in the FOR XML PATH clause
• XQuery and XML DML support
• SQLCLR xml data type support
• Improvements to legacy XML functionality, including improvements to the
sp_xml_preparedocument procedure
• HTTP Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) endpoints

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