More on DB2 Viper XML and XQUERY

IBM's next DB2 release (some time later this year) is code-named DB2 Viper and there are a number of significant advances. But here I am going to concentrate on the one I think is the most revolutionary – the support for XML data. This is something worth getting your teeth into, so read on and then browse through the extensive link list at the end of this article to get fully up to speed – included is the link straight through toIBM's Viper Test Drive page. XML data is the lifeblood of Service Orientated Architectures (SOA). It facilitates accesses to varied data formats across multiple platforms – and that is why IBM is pushing in this direction, SOA is their number one strategic direction and they know that enhanced XML support could (and probably will !) steal them a significant lead. ORACLE's response will be interesting. Current estimates suggest that only 20% of Enterprise data is stored in relational databases while 35-40% and rising is held in unstructured XML...

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