Berkeley DB XML queries use the XPath 1.0 XML query language standard. The call into the query subsystem takes not only the XPath query itself, but the query’s context, which consists of the ...

It isn’t possible to produce such result sets with a relational query language alone. Oracle Database 10g breaks new ground in support for XML technology, offering very rich features for ...

While relational database vendors add XML translation capabilities ... and transform XPath or XQuery over the XML data into SQL queries run over the data they store in the tables," he told XML Report.

and the task of making XML behave more like a relational database falls to the organization's XML Query working group. "How do you make traditional database languages like SQL (Structured Query ...

It's used for queries that must represent results as XML, to query XML stored inside or outside the database, or to span relational and XML sources. SQL/XML is another standard that uses declarative, ...

This technology, first introduced with DB2 9.1, can manage both XML data and relational data while optimizing performance. It also lets the user query the hybrid database using SQL/XML or XQuery, ...

Lack of clear standards is also a problem in the XML database space. The XPath query syntax unfortunately has no support for grouping, sorting or summarizing data, and the much richer XQuery query ...

But any advantages such tools offer “become less and less every month,” says Schmelzer, as relational database vendors ... s XQuery standard for XML queries. Scheier is a Computerworld ...

We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Native XML database developers X-Hive Corp., Excelon Corp., Ipedo Inc. and Software AG are adding more support in upcoming ...