tips on datetime functions, general examples are here Look at DATEPART first.
More specific examples are here
Due date: Wednesday, October 15th.
Answers are here
Readings & Software for Homework 2:
XML
http://www.w3.org/XML/1999/XML-in-10-points
www.zvon.org/xxl/XMLTutorial/General/book_en.html
MSDN, XML Glossary with links within each of the cases
here
MSDN, XPath (general picture, syntax and functions)
here
MSDN, XML
here
XQuery:
http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlquery-use-cases/
http://www.xmlportfolio.com/xquery.html
Galax:
http://db.bell-labs.com/galax/
Due date: Wednesday, Novemeber 5th.