Creating a Virtual Directory for Use with SQL Server 2000
Before you get started, for some of the examples, you will need to create an Internet Information Server (IIS) virtual directory that will enable you to access the SQL Server-provided Northwind database from the Web. All the examples in this chapter use Northwind.
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First, create a physical directory where you want to store the Web files you create. Create a special subdirectory below this directory called Template where the XML templates you create will be saved (templates are covered later in this chapter in the section “Using XML Templates”). D:\SQL2E\Template is an example.
Now, we can create the virtual directory using the IIS Virtual Directory Management for SQL Server tool: |
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