5.2. Product and Technology Offering Summaries

This section provides brief summaries of current product and technology focus areas.

5.2.1. DB2 Universal Database

The DB2 Universal Database (DB2) family of products provides relational and object-relational data management support for XML applications. There are three specific areas of XML support. The first one is the DB2 XML Extender, an IBM object-relational “datablade” that provides access to, storage options, and transformation support for XML data through user-defined functions and stored procedures. DB2 Universal Database for Linux, UNIX, and Windows also provides extended SQL support that includes the creation of XML fragments from relational data through the use of a subset of SQL/XML ...

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