[DERBY-334] Add initial SQL support for XML datatype/functions in Derby, based on SQL/XML specs.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 10.1.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 10.1.1.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Assignee: A B
• Reporter: A B
• Created: 04/Jun/05 00:57
• Updated: 01/Jul/09 00:34
• Resolved: 11/Jun/05 00:44

Description

Adding some "starter" XML functionality to Derby, which can then serve as the basis for future XML development. Initial features include the following:

1 - A built-in XML datatype.
2 - An XMLPARSE() operator for creating XML values.
3 - An XMLSERIALIZE() operator for serializing XML values to strings (for data retrieval).
4 - An XMLEXISTSTS() operator for running simple existence queries against XML using XPath.

These features are implemented at the SQL level only (no JDBC support). See the email here for a more detailed description:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.db.derby.devel/4468