What's New in 2.5?

This latest version of AquaLogic Data Services Platform greatly extends the ability to use SQL to access data services, and provides a number of additional enhancements to the product.

Integration

• Native AquaLogic Data Services Platform Support Through AquaLogic Service Bus Transport
• Support for WebLogic 9.2 clients Through Data Service Controls
• Support for WebLogic 9.2 Clients Through Mediator API

JDBC

• SQL Access to Data Services
• Publishing Data Service Functions for SQL Use

SQL

• Supporting Vendor-defined and User-defined Database Functions through Data Services
• Standalone XQuery and SQL Query Plan Viewer Utility
• Table Parameters for SQL

Topic Highlights

• Securing AquaLogic Data Services Platform Resources
• Viewing Metadata
• Invoking Data Services from Java Clients, Web Service Clients, through SQL, via Excel, as a WebLogic Workshop control, via ADO.NET, or AquaLogic Service Bus
• Accessing Your Enterprise Metadata
• Creating a Simple Data Service Function
• Testing Query Functions
• Handling Updates Through Data Services
• BEA's XQuery Functions (fn-bea)
• Viewing Query Plans
• About XML Namespaces
  

Getting Started with BEA AquaLogic Data Services Platform

• Supported Configurations
• Concepts Guide
• Installation Guide
• Release Notes
• Upgrading from Previous Versions

Samples and Code Samples

• About RTLApp - the Sample Retail Application
• Samples Tutorial
• Advanced Code Samples (Dev2Dev)

Looking for HTML or PDF? To see your document in HTML simply click its title in the left navigation bar. To obtain a PDF version click the [PDF] link next to the document's title. On the go? Download a ZIP file containing all PDF documentation as well as the XQuery 1.0 (July 2004) specifications.

How-Tos and FAQs on Dev2Dev

A number of How-Tos and Quick FAQs are available from the ALDSP Tips and Tricks wiki on dev2dev. Topics include:

How to ...

• ... create static ALDSP Web service clients with Java
• ... resolve data lineage errors
• ... normalize schemas and update overrides**
• ... debug optimistic locking failures
• ... set credentials for a Web service supporting basic authentication
• ... set Web service end points
• ... get started with side-effect functions (also known as data service procedures)**
• ... create a simple inverse function**
• ... improve performance using inverse functions
• ... set up a complex sort in XQuery
• ... create a simple data service function
• ... build data service relationships automatically
• ... add relationship functions to an existing data service
• ... use zones to adjust Return type scoping rules
• ... install a regular expression functions library

** includes a screencast

Reference

• Javadoc: Mediator API for Versions 2.1 and 2.5
• Javadoc: Mediator API for Version 2.0.1
• ZIPs: Documentation in PDF Format and the XQuery 1.0 (July 2004) Specifications

More ...

• A Few Things You May Not Know About Building Data Services
• Keep Your Data Flowing: Accessing Multiple Data Sources Made Easy
• SOA Practitioner's Guide
• AquaLogic Data Services Platform Performance: a Case Study
• AquaLogic Data Services Platform Tech Notes
• XQuery-based Enterprise Information Integration