Contents

• Contents
• Library Utilities
  • List Processing
  • Attributed Variables
  • Asserting Dynamic Code
  • Ground, Numbervars, Subsumption, Variant
  • Lower-Level I/O
  • String Manipulation
  • Script Writing Utilities
  • Communication with Subprocesses
  • Socket I/O
  • Arrays
  • Asserts/Retracts using Tries
  • Extended Logic Programs
  • Generalized Annotated Programs
  • Random Number Generator
• Foreign Language Interface
  • Compiler Directives for Foreign C Modules
  • Foreign Modules That Link Dynamically with Other Libraries
  • Passing Data between XSB and C
    • Exchanging Basic Data Types
    • Exchanging Complex Data Types
  • High Level Foreign Predicate Interface
    • Declaration of high level foreign predicates
    • Compiling the foreign module on Windows
• Calling XSB from C
  • C Functions for Calling XSB
  • The Variable-length String Data Type
  • Passing Data into an XSB Module
  • Creating an XSB Module that Can be Called from C
• XSB's POSIX Regular Expression and Wildcard Matching Packages
  • Regular Expression Matching and Substitution
  • Wildcard Matching and Globing
• Using Perl as a Pattern Matching and String Substitution Server
  • Iterative Pattern Matching
  • Bulk Matching
  • String Substitution
  • Unloading Perl
• Libwww: The XSB Internet Access Package
  • Features and Configuration
  • Accessing Internet with Libwww
  • Example
  • Special Notes about Parsing XML
• XSB - Oracle Interface
  • Introduction
    • Interface features
  • Installation:
  • Using the interface:
    • Connecting to and disconnecting from Oracle:
    • Accessing an Oracle table: relation level interface
    • The view level interface:
    • Connecting to an SQL query
    • Insertions and deletions of rows
    • Input and Output arrays
    • Handling NULL values
    • Data dictionary
    • Other database operations:
    • Interface Flags:
    • Transaction management
    • SQLCA interface
    • Datalog
    • Guidelines for application developers
  • Demo
  • Limitations
  • Error msgs
  • Future work
• XSB-ODBC Interface
  • Introduction
  • Using the Interface
    • Connecting to and Disconnecting from Data Sources
    • Accessing Tables in Data Sources
    • Using the Relation Level Interface
    • The View Level Interface
    • Insertions and Deletions of Rows
    • Direct Execution of SQL statements
    • Access to Data Dictionaries
    • Other Database Operations
    • Transaction Management
    • Handling NULL Values
    • Interface Flags
    • Datalog
  • Limitation and Guidelines for Application Developers
  • Error messages
• Bibliography
• Index