XML Enabled Databases
XML enabled databases typically offer one or more of the following approaches to storing XML within the traditional relational structure:
- XML is stored into a CLOB (Character large object)
- XML is `shredded` into a series of Tables based on a Schema
- XML is stored into a native XML Type as defined by the ISO
RDBMS that support the ISO XML Type are:
- IBM DB2 (pureXML)
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Oracle Database
- 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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