XML Database - XML Enabled Databases

XML Enabled Databases

XML enabled databases typically offer one or more of the following approaches to storing XML within the traditional relational structure:

  1. XML is stored into a CLOB (Character large object)
  2. XML is `shredded` into a series of Tables based on a Schema
  3. XML is stored into a native XML Type as defined by the ISO

RDBMS that support the ISO XML Type are:

  1. IBM DB2 (pureXML)
  2. Microsoft SQL Server
  3. Oracle Database
  4. PostgreSQL

Typically an XML enabled database is best suited where the majority of data are non-XML, for datasets where the majority of data are XML a Native XML Database is better suited.

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