This release introduces Web services features, as well as XML features for the Catalog Store. A Web server is built directly in to the database. A flexible interface lets you retrieve data as XML and store XML data in the Catalog Store. Integration with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET through an ADO.NET provider rounds out the web services offerings. For more information, see “Web services” and “XML support”.
HTTP server in the database Sybase IQ database servers can now act as web servers, allowing you to write and run web-based applications using only an IQ database and a web browser of your choice.
This feature allows the database server to handle standard HTTP and HTTPS requests, as well as standard SOAP requests. Service types available are HTTP, HTTPS, XML, RAW, SOAP, and DISH. DISH is a SOAP service handler.
To gain the benefits of this enhancement on databases created before this release, you must upgrade the database using ALTER DATABASE UPGRADE.
For more information, see “CREATE SERVICE statement” and “ALTER SERVICE statement”in the Sybase IQ Reference Manual.
