"BK" <B*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am working on system that will have a cataloging component which would
> essentially be a Folder/File structure.  So far I have coded the Iteration
> over a selected folder and am displaying the data/structure in a TreeView
> (VB.NET 2005).  I then serialize the Treeview and store the serialized XML
> in
> a SQL 2005 XML
> Column. I can also retrieve an entire XML (one record, that is) and (re)
> rebuild
> the TreeView by de-serializing.
>
> Never having worked with XML, I think I could make the serialized XML
> smaller.  Presently, I am displaying File Name and related attributes
> (Creation Date, Size etc) as child nodes to the FileName Node. This makes
> the
> serialized XML large.  If I knew more about XML, I would have been able to
> put them in as Attributes and display them "On Click" or something.
>
> What I need now - is for help on how to build a xQuery to select FRAGMENTS
> from all XMLs in the Database - filtered/searched on say, a File Name, and
> return those (xml fragments) to the Client (VB Interface).
>
> Does XQuery have a client-Side XQuery Implementation? Or will I have to
> work
> with Stored Procedures?  Any XML related suggestions on building the
> TreeView
> and developing and executing the XQuery would be much appreciated.
>
> I inadvertently posted this message as a comment in a csharp forum - but I
> work in vb.net.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

"Alex Clark" wrote:

> Hi BK,
>
> XQuery was dropped from .NET 2.0 prior to the RTM version being released, so
> there isn't an inbuilt client side implementation that you can use (most
> unfortunate, but I understand MS's reasons for doing so).  I think there are
> a few open source implementations of XQuery available on SourceForge maybe?
>
> Regards,
> Alex
>
>
>
> "BK" <B*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4470B2D6-E132-46EE-84D6-E49A13F4953A@microsoft.com...
> >I am working on system that will have a cataloging component which would
> > essentially be a Folder/File structure.  So far I have coded the Iteration
> > over a selected folder and am displaying the data/structure in a TreeView
> > (VB.NET 2005).  I then serialize the Treeview and store the serialized XML
> > in
> > a SQL 2005 XML
> > Column. I can also retrieve an entire XML (one record, that is) and (re)
> > rebuild
> > the TreeView by de-serializing.
> >
> > Never having worked with XML, I think I could make the serialized XML
> > smaller.  Presently, I am displaying File Name and related attributes
> > (Creation Date, Size etc) as child nodes to the FileName Node. This makes
> > the
> > serialized XML large.  If I knew more about XML, I would have been able to
> > put them in as Attributes and display them "On Click" or something.
> >
> > What I need now - is for help on how to build a xQuery to select FRAGMENTS
> > from all XMLs in the Database - filtered/searched on say, a File Name, and
> > return those (xml fragments) to the Client (VB Interface).
> >
> > Does XQuery have a client-Side XQuery Implementation? Or will I have to
> > work
> > with Stored Procedures?  Any XML related suggestions on building the
> > TreeView
> > and developing and executing the XQuery would be much appreciated.
> >
> > I inadvertently posted this message as a comment in a csharp forum - but I
> > work in vb.net.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
>
>
>