 Managing XML Data
This paper provides principles and guidelines for using DB2 pureXML™ to solve business problems effectively and to achieve high performance when managing XML data in enterprise applications. The examples illustrating the best practices are based on a real-world financial application scenario and demonstrate how to implement the guidelines. The examples can be easily adapted to other types of XML applications. The paper covers the following areas:
- Storage options for XML data to improve performance and storage efficiency
- Techniques for adding XML data into a DB2 database
- Techniques for querying and updating XML documents efficiently
- Techniques for using indexes over XML data with queries effectively
- Techniques for efficiently maintaining and monitoring an XML database
- Techniques for developing efficient pureXML applications
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