XML Data Management: Native XML and XML-Enabled Database Systems
by Akmal B. Chaudhri, Awais Rashid, Roberto Zicari
6.8. Conclusion
Oracle is a relational database system that takes into account new requirements that emerged in the area of managing XML documents. We described in this chapter the comprehensive support for XML that Oracle provides in Version 9i, Release 1.
The chapter's main focus is put on the storage and retrieval of XML documents in a database: The essential building blocks are the XML SQL Utility (XSU), the new XMLType object type, and the OracleText cartridge. XSU is useful when XML documents are distributed among several tables and columns in a fine-grained manner. The other way around, table data can be used to construct XML documents in a powerful and flexible manner. The XMLType object type pursues a different approach and encapsulates ...
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