When organizations need to make the data available to users spread pdf

Implementing HTTP

Endpoints

Chapter 10

When organizations need to make the data available

to users spread across various locations, they

implement Web applications. These Web

applications make use of certain services, known as

Web services that provide programming support and

help the applications to interact with the database

server. To allow communication between the Web

services and the database server, you need to

provide access through additional ports on the

Internet firewall. This increases the security threat to

the organization.

SQL Server 2005 provides native Hypertext

Transfer Protocol (HTTP) support that allows you to

create Web services on the database server. These

Web services expose Web methods that the Web

applications can access by using the HTTP

endpoints.

This chapter introduces you to Web services. Next,

it discusses the role of the HTTP endpoints in the

Web service architecture. Further, it explains how to

implement HTTP.

In this chapter, you will learn to:

 Define the Hypertext Transfer Protocol

endpoints

 Implement the Hypertext Transfer Protocol

endpoints for Web services

Objectives