Managing XML Data - IBM Database Add-Ins for Visual Studio

The IBM^® Database Add-Ins for Visual Studio provides you with two approaches for storing XML data in a DB2^® relational database:

You can store an XML document in a column of data type XML.
You can extract data from an XML document and store the data in relational database columns of varying data types.

You can use either or both approaches to manage XML data in your DB2 database.

This section provides conceptual information and instructions for using the add-ins to manage your XML data. This section also provides information on how you can write LINQ to XML queries in your .NET applications on XML data.

In this section:

Managing XML Documents as Data: Information about storing XML documents as data in DB2 relational databases.
Managing Relational Views of XML Data: Information about creating annotated XML schemas to extract data from XML documents into DB2 relational database columns.
Generating Sample XML for XML Schemas: Instructions for generating sample XML to use in a Windows application or a Web application that processes data in a database table.
Enhancements for Managing XML Data: Information about new features that help you manage your XML relational data.
Overview: Setting up .NET Applications to Write LINQ to XML Queries on XML Data: Information about how selected XML documents and references are added to Visual Studio projects.
Setting up .NET Applications to Write LINQ to XML Queries on XML Data: Instructions for adding XML documents and references to Visual Studio projects so that you can write LINQ to XML queries against the associated XML data.