XML and Database

DB2forz/OSTechnicalForum
July2325,2007
Taipei,Taiwan
Introductionto
pureXMLinDB29forz/OS
GuogenZhanggzhang@us.ibm.com
SteveChenyschen@us.ibm.com
July25,2007
Agenda
WhyXMLandXMLDatabases
ComparingpureXMLwithexistingapproaches
pureXMLfeatures
XMLdatatype,DDL,DML
XMLQueryLanguagesandAPI
Indexingandaccessmethods
Schemasupport
Utilities
Performance
Tools
Summary
AnXMLPurchaseOrder
<?xmlversion="1.0"encoding="UTF8"?>
<ipo:purchaseOrder
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchemainstance"
xmlns:ipo="http://www.example.com/IPO"orderDate="19991201">
<shipToexportCode="1"xsi:type="ipo:UKAddress">
<name>HelenZoe</name>
<street>47EdenStreet</street>
<city>Cambridge</city>
<postcode>CB11JR</postcode>
</shipTo>
<billToxsi:type="ipo:USAddress">
<name>RobertSmith</name>
<street>8OakAvenue</street>
<city>OldTown</city>
<state>PA</state>
<zip>95819</zip>
</billTo>
<?xmlversion="1.0"encoding="UTF8"?>
<ipo:purchaseOrder
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchemainstance"
xmlns:ipo="http://www.example.com/IPO"orderDate="19991201">
<shipToexportCode="1"xsi:type="ipo:UKAddress">
<name>HelenZoe</name>
<street>47EdenStreet</street>
<city>Cambridge</city>
<postcode>CB11JR</postcode>
</shipTo>
<billToxsi:type="ipo:USAddress">
<street>8OakAvenue</street>
<city>OldTown</city>
<state>PA</state>
<zip>95819</zip>
</billTo>
<items>
<itempartNum="833AA">
<productName>Lapisnecklace</productName>
<quantity>1</quantity>
<USPrice>99.95</USPrice>
<comment>Wantthisforthe
holidays!</comment>
<shipDate>19991205</shipDate>
</item>
<productName>BabyMonitor</productName>
</item>
</items>
</ipo:purchaseOrder>
<items>
<productName>Lapisnecklace</productName>
<comment>Wantthisforthe
holidays!</comment>
</item>
<productName>BabyMonitor</productName>
</item>
</items>
</ipo:purchaseOrder>
XMLDataModel(XDM)
Doc
Elm
NS Att Elm Elm
Elm
ipo:purchaseorder
xmlns:ipo
shipTo billTo
orderDate
NS
xmlns:xsi
Elm
items
Att ElmElm
Elm
Elm
item
item
Att ElmElm
Elm
. .
.
Detailsignored
Sevenkindsofnodes
Nodeidentity
Documentorder
Sequence
02
02.02
02.02.02 02.02.08
XMLCharacteristics
XMLcanrepresentflexiblestructureddataintext
Nesting
Repeating
Selfdescribing
XMLisauniversallanguagetorepresenteBusinessdata
andtransactions.
Platformindependent,andUnicodecompliant
Easytounderstandandeasytoprocess(withtherighttools)
WhyHybridXMLDatabases?
BusinessesneedtomanageXMLdataw/ACIDproperties,auditingand
regulatorycompliance,togetherwithrelationaldata.
XMLcanbeusedasapowerfuldatamodel,withpowerfuldeclarative
querylanguage.
ManaginglargevolumesofXMLdataisaDBproblem
allthesamereasonsasforrelationaldata!
Integration
IntegratenewXMLdatawithexistingrelationaldata
Publish(relational)dataasXML
Databasesupportforwebapplications,SOA,webservices(SOAP)
pureXMLinDB29
SQLXMLdatatypeandnativestorage
DesignedspecificallyforXML
SupportsXMLhierarchicalstructurestorage
Nativeoperationsandlanguages:XPath,SQL/XML,(XQueryin
thefuture)
Nottransformingintorelational
Notusingobjectsornestedtables
NotusingLOBs
Integratedwithrelationalengine,withalltheutilitiesandtools
support
WhatYouCanDowithpureXML
CreatetableswithXMLcolumns
InsertXMLdata,optionally
validatedagainstschemas
CreateindexesonXMLdata
EfficientlysearchXMLdata
ExtractXMLdata
DecomposeXMLdatainto
relationaldata
ConstructXMLdocumentsfrom
relationalandXMLdata
Alltheutilitiesandtoolssupportfor
XML
XML
DOC
XMLColumn
XML
Index
XML
XMLEnabledDatabases:TwoMain
Options
XML
DOC
Extract
selected
elements/attr.
SideTables
CLOB/Varchar
XMLDOC
XMLDOC
XMLDOC
XML
DOC
Varcharorclob
column
Fixed
Mapping
Shredder
(regulartablesfor
fasterlookup)
(regularrelational
tables)
Decompositon
Shredding
XMLDataProcessingbeforepureXML
Fixed
Mapping
Shredder
(regularrelationaltables)
Storing/Shredding
XML
Composer
Composing
XML
Complex
Logic
Decompositon/Composition
Rapid
Changes
Painful
Changes
Painful
Schema
Changes
Painful
Data
Migration
Painful
Changes
DB2pureXMLAdvantages
DirectlystoreXML,no
decomp/comp,normalize/de
normalize
Eliminatesdatabaseschema
evolutionbottleneck
Declarativelanguage,reduce
complexity,dramaticallyimprove
applicationdevelopment
productivity
Nativeprocessing,high
performance
Unparalleledreliability,
availability,scalability
XML
DOC
XMLColumn
XML
Index
XML
DB2s hierarchicalstorage:
XMLtypeasXML
Upto10
times
UsageScenarios
DirectlyprocessingXML
UNIFI,ACORD,FIXML,FpML,MIMSO,XBRL,
DJXDM,HRXML,HL7,ARTS,HIPAA,NewsML,XForms
Insurancepolicy,contract,purchaseorder,emailsetc
Versatileschemas
Sparseattributevalues(nullv.s.absence)
Objectpersistence(singlecolumnv.s.manytables)
Migrationfromlegacydatamodel(network,hierarchical,
relational)
Generatingwebpages:XHTML
Provide/consumeWebServices(SOAP),supportSOA

Example:TaxForms
Application
Processing&validatingtaxreturns,payments,refunds
CorporateTax,PersonalIncomeTax(PIT),SalesTax
Objectives
MoveTaxprocessingofflegacysystems
Movetoamoreflexible,automated,extensibleframework
Reducecost&laborforimplementingtaxformchanges
Increaseperformance.Improvestraightthroughprocessingfromfilingto
refund/payment
Typicalcurrentenvironment
Processingusingmanualand/orlegacysystems
ThisisanexampleofusageforOnlineFormsprocessingingeneral
Usuallyhundredsthousands
ofdifferenttaxforms
SchemaDiversity
Typicallynoteveryfieldina
formisused
SparseData
Manyformschangeevery
year
SchemaEvolution
AcaseforXML!
TaxForms
Solution1:Eachformhasadifferentsetoffields
(schema)
ThousandsofTablesi.e.oneperform?
Considerednotfeasible
Toomanytablestomaintain
Relationalschemawoulddeteriorate
overtime
Notsufficientlyflexibleandextensible
Solution2:Singletablewhoserows
canstoreanyform
100sofgenericcolumnsOuch!
TypicalCurrentUsage:RelationalDatabase
XML:Avoidssparsity.Properdatalabeling.2columns,not
1000.Transformable.Extensible.Simplifiesmapping.
GenericcolumnsXML
Currentrelationalstorage,
inefficient,anonymous
columns,requirescomplex
mappingsintheapplication
NewXMLformat:
No NULL 123.23 NULL NULL NULL

NULL NULL 99.99 NULL NULL 12
NULL Yes NULL NULL 276 NULL
NULL NULL NULL
11/23/05
NULL
134
col1000 col5 col4 col3 col2 col1
<form>
<wages>134</wages>
<date>11/23/05</date>
</form>
BusinessValueofpureXML
LowerDevelopmentCosts
Reducedsystemanddevelopmentcomplexity
Improveddeveloperproductivity
GreaterBusinessAgility
Easilyaccommodatechangestodataandschemas
Updateapplicationsrapidlyandreducemaintenancecosts
ImprovedBusinessInsight
Accesstoinformationinotherwiseunexploiteddocuments
Unprecedentedapplicationperformance
SummaryofSQL/XMLFeatures
DB2Engine
2 1
3
4
5
6
7
8 9
ApplicationTextualXML
Relational
XML
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
BindinXML
StoreasXML
ShredintoRel
RetrieveXML
PublishXML
BindoutXML
XMLtoXML
XMLtoRel
ReltoXML
0 XMLStorage
XSR
0
XMLTypeandDDL
CREATETABLEPurchaseOrders(
ponumber varchar(10)notnull,
podate datenotnull,
status char(1),
XMLpo xml)
[or:INMYDB.MYTS]
[or:INDATABASEMYDB]
[or:INMYTS]
CREATETABLEPOLIKEPurchaseOrders
CREATEVIEWValidPurchaseOrdersas
SELECTponumber,podate,XMLpo
FROMPurchaseOrders
WHEREstatus=A
ALTERTABLEPurchaseOrders
ADDrevisedXMLpoxml
HiddenDocIDcolumn
OneDocIDindex
InternalXMLtable(16K
BP)foreachXMLcolumn
NodeIDindex
Noassociatedschema
Nolengthlimit
HiddenDocIDcolumn
OneDocIDindex
InternalXMLtable(16K
BP)foreachXMLcolumn
NodeIDindex
Noassociatedschema
Nolengthlimit
XMLStorageonMatureInfrastructure
BaseTable
XMLCol DocID
B+tree
B+tree
DocIDindex
InternalXMLTable
B+tree
B+tree
NodeIDindex
B+tree
B+tree
XMLindex(user)
EachXMLDatacolumnisaVARBINARY,containing
asubtreeorasequenceofsubtrees,withcontextpath.
RowsinXMLtablearefreelymovable,linkedwitha
NodeIDindex.
AtablewithanXMLcolumnhasa
DocIDcolumn,usedtolinkfromthe
basetabletotheXMLtable.
ADocIDindexisusedforgettingto
basetablerowsfromXPathvalue
indexes.
XMLData DocID Min_NodeID
Regular
Tablespace
StoringXMLTreesTreePacking
Node1(3) Node2(p)
Node6 Node7(1) Node8
Node1
Node1
Node2
Node2
Node7
Node7
Node3
Node3
Node4
Node4
Node5
Node5
Node8
Node8
Node6
Node6
Node2(3) Node3
Node4
Node5
Eachnodecontains
localnodeid,lengthand
optionalnumberof
children.
Proxynodesareused
asplaceholderfor
subtreesinaseparate
record.
Itsupportstraversal
usingfirstChild,
nextSibling,or
nextNode.
RecHdrcontainscontext
pathinformationforthe
recordabsoluteID,
path,inscope
namespaces
AllnamesusestringIDs.
Eachnodecontains
localnodeid,lengthand
optionalnumberof
children.
Proxynodesareused
asplaceholderfor
subtreesinaseparate
record.
Itsupportstraversal
usingfirstChild,
nextSibling,or
nextNode.
RecHdrcontainscontext
pathinformationforthe
recordabsoluteID,
path,inscope
namespaces
AllnamesusestringIDs.
RecHdr
RecHdr
Node0
Node0
02
02
02
02
04
06
04
06
02
Node0(1)
rid1
rid2
XMLobjectsfornonpartitionedbasetable
BASETable
DOC
INDEX
NonPartionedBaseTS
(segmented,PBG)
XMLCol1Table
NODEID
INDEX
XML
Index
PBGTSforXMLCol1
XMLCol2Table
PBGTSforXMLCol2
Cols:
DOCID
MIN_NODEID
XMLDATA
NODEID
INDEX
Cols:
DOCID
XMLCol1
XMLCol2
Cols:
DOCID
MIN_NODEID
XMLDATA
XML
Index
XMLobjectsforpartitionedbasetable
Cols:
DOCID
XMLCOL1
XMLCOL2
BASETable
Part1
PartitionedBaseTS
2Parts,Tablehas2
XMLCoumns
XML
Index
PartTSXMLCol1
(NPI)
Cols:
DOCID
XMLCOL1
XMLCOL2
BASETable
Part2
Part1
Part2
NodeID
INDEX
(NPI)
XML
Index
PartTSXMLCol2
Part1
Part2
DOCID
INDEX
DOCID
MIN_NODEID
XMLDATA
DOCID
MIN_NODEID
XMLDATA
DOCID
MIN_NODEID
XMLDATA
DOCID
MIN_NODEID
XMLDATA
NodeID
INDEX
(NPI)
OtherDDLsSupport
ALTERTABLESPACES
OnlysomeoftheattributesontheimplicitXMLtablespacecanbealtered
LOGattributeupdatedonthebasetablespaceswillbepropagatedtotheXML
tablespace.
ALTERINDEX
AllowedontheimplicitNodeIDindex
Notallattributescanbealtered
DROPTABLE
Notallowedontheimplicittable
DROPTABLEofatablewithXMLcolumnswilldropalltheassociatedimplicit
objectsforalltheXMLcolumns
DROPINDEX
Notallowedontheimplicitindex
DROPTABLESPACES
Notallowedontheimplicittablespacecreated
ManipulatingXMLData
EXECSQLBEGINDECLARESECTION
SQLTYPEISXMLASCLOB(1M)xmlPo
EXECSQLENDDECLARESECTION
INSERTINTOPurchaseOrdersVALUES(200300001,
CURRENTDATE,A,:xmlPo)
INSERTINTOPurchaseOrdersVALUES(200300001,
CURRENTDATE,A,CAST(?ASXML))
INSERTINTOPurchaseOrdersVALUES(200300003,CURRENTDATE,A,
XMLPARSE(DOCUMENT:vcharPRESERVEWHITESPACE))
INSERTintoPurchaseOrdersVALUES('200300004',CURRENTDATE,'A',
DSN_XMLValidate(:lobPo,SYSXSR.myPOSchema))
UPDATEPurchaseOrdersSETXMLpo=:XMLpo_revised
WHEREponumber=12345
DELETEFROMPurchaseOrders WHEREponumber=12345
HostvarofXMLtype
StringliteralisOK
Wholedocument
replacement
XMLParseandXMLSerialize
XMLParse
Allowsstripwhitespaceor
preservewhitespace
ImplicitXMLParseappliesfor
bindinXMLhostvaror
insertinghostvarorstring
literal.
XMLSerialize
WithorwithoutXML
declaration
ImplicitXMLSerialize
appliesforbindoutXML
type
XMLParse
XMLSerialize
XMLParse:TextualtoXDM
XMLhostvars:ImplicitXMLPARSEonly
STRIPWHITESPACEalways
Parametermarker:CAST(?AsXML),similartoXMLhostvar.
NonXMLhostvarsorstringliterals:ImplicitXMLPARSEif
insertingintoorsettingXMLcolumns(DB2detectsfrom
context)
ExplicitXMLPARSE:nonXMLhostvarsorexpressionsonly.
CanspecifyPRESERVEWHITESPACEoption
CannotuseonanXMLhostvarorcolumn.
RetrievingXMLData
Simpleselect:
SELECTXMLpoINTO:xmlPo
FROMPurchaseOrders
WHEREponumber=200300001
Selectwithcondition:
SELECTXMLPO
FROMPurchaseOrders
WHEREXMLEXISTS(//items/item[desc=Shoe]PASSINGXMLpo)
Extractfromadocument:
SELECTXMLQUERY(//items/item/quantityPASSINGXMLpo)
FROMPurchaseOrdersWHERE
UseSquareBrackets[]inXMLESISTS
Usesquarebrackets[]toavoidBooleanexpressionsin
XMLEXISTS,whichwillalwaysreturntrue(fornonempty
Booleanvaluetrueorfalse).
Usethistoavoidsurprise:
SELECTXMLPO
FROMPurchaseOrders
WHEREXMLEXISTS(/purchaseorder/items/item/desc=Shoe
PASSINGXMLPO)
SELECTXMLPO
FROMPurchaseOrders
WHEREXMLEXISTS(/purchaseorder/items/item[desc=Shoe]
PASSINGXMLPO)
XMLSERIALIZE:XMLtoTextual
ToXMLornonXMLhostvars:ImplicitXMLSERIALIZE
INCLUDINGXMLDECLARATIONalways(exceptforJava)<?xml
version="1.0"encoding=xxxx"?>
EncodingisconsistentwithcharacterhostvarCCSID.
Binaryhostvar:alwaysUTF8
ExplicitXMLSERIALIZE:resultisLOB:
CLOB,DBCLOB:encodingconversionbasedonCCSID
BLOB:alwaysUTF8
Default:EXCLUDINGXMLDECLARATION
CanspecifyINCLUDINGXMLDECLARATIONoption
DoesnotworktoXMLhostvars
EncodingforXML
TextualXMLDataEncoding
Internallyencoded(withinXMLdataitself)
EncodingDeclarationoptionorByteOrderMarkwithinXMLdata
Default:UTF8
Appliestobinaryvariables(DB2detectsencoding)
Externallyencoded
CharacterhostvariablesCCSID(overrideinternalencoding)
DB2usesUTF8tohandleXMLdata.CharacterdatainXMLalwaysstored
asUTF8inXMLcolumn.
Duringinsert,DB2convertsXMLdatatoUTF8fromthecorresponding
CCSID.
Duringselect,DB2convertsXMLinUTF8tohostvarencodinglocally,or
sendsserializedXMLdatainUTF8formattoremoterequester.
JoinQueries
POscontainingaproductwithnamefromPRODUCT.NAME
SELECTPRODUCT.NAME,XMLPO
FROMPurchaseOrders,Product
WHEREXMLEXISTS(//items/item[desc=$n]PASSINGXMLpo,Product.name
asn)
POscontainingaproductwithprice>:price
SELECTXMLPO
FROMPurchaseOrders,Catalog
WHEREXMLEXISTS(//items/item[desc=$x]PASSINGXMLpo,
XMLQUERY(/category/product[price>$y]/namePASSINGXCategory,:price
asy)asx)AND
XMLEXISTS(/category/product[price>$y]PASSINGXCategory,:priceasy)
XMLTableProcessingXMLwithSQLPower
SELECTTX.*
FROMPurchaseOrdersPO,
XMLTable(/purchaseorder/items/item
PASSINGPO.XMLpo
COLUMNS
Part#CHAR(6)PATH@partnum,
ProductNameCHAR(20)PATHproductName,
QuantityINTEGERPATHquantity,
USPriceDECIMAL(9,2)PATHUSPrice,
ShipDateDATEPATHshipDate,
CommentCHAR(80)PATHcomment
WITHORDINALITY"Seqno")ASTX
WHEREPO.ponumber=200300001
XMLTablefunctionwillbedeliveredafterV9GA
LeveragingthePowerofSQL
CREATEVIEWORDER_VIEWAS
SELECTPO.POID,X.*
FROMPurchaseOrdersPO,
XMLTABLE('//item'PASSINGPO.XMLPO
COLUMNS"orderDate" DATEPATH'../../@orderDate',
"shipToCity" VARCHAR(20)PATH'../../shipTo/city',
"shipToState" CHAR(2)PATH'../../shipTo/state',
"Part#" CHAR(6)PATH'@partnum',
"ProductName" CHAR(20)PATH'productName',
"Quantity" INTEGERPATH'quantity',
"USPrice" DECIMAL(9,2)PATH'USPrice',
"ShipDate" DATEPATH'shipDate',
"Comment" VARCHAR(60)PATH'comment')ASX
SELECT"ProductName","shipToState",
SUM("USPrice"*"Quantity")ASTOTAL_SALE
FROMORDER_VIEW
GROUPBY"ProductName","shipToState"
SELECT"shipToCity","shipToState",
RANK()OVER(ORDERBYSUM("Quantity"))ASSALES_RANK
FROMORDER_VIEW
WHERE"ProductName"='BabyMonitor'
GROUPBY"shipToState","shipToCity"
ORDERBYSALES_RANK
SQL/XMLConstructors
ConstructXMLfromrelationaldata
XMLElement,XMLAttributes,XMLNamespaces,XMLForest,
XMLConcat,XMLAGG(V8)
SupportBinarydatatypesandnullhandlingoptions(V9)
XMLText,XMLPI,XMLComment,XMLDocument(V9)
Constructnewdocumentbyextractingpartsfromanexisting
document(XMLQuery,XMLTABLE)andotherdata.
ConstructorExample
SELECTXMLDOCUMENT(
XMLELEMENT(NAMEhr:Department",
XMLNAMESPACES(http://example.com/hrashr),
XMLATTRIBUTES(e.deptAS"name"),
XMLCOMMENT(namesinalphabeticalorder),
XMLAGG(XMLELEMENT(NAMEhr:emp",e.lname)
ORDERBYe.lname )
))AS"dept_list
FROMemployeese
GROUPBYdept
<?xmlversion=1.0encoding=UTF8>
<hr:Departmentxmlns:hr=http://example.com/hr
name="Shipping">
<!namesinalphabeticalorder>
<hr:emp>Lee</hr:emp>
<hr:emp>Martin</hr:emp>
<hr:emp>Oppenheimer</hr:emp>
</hr:Department>
<?xmlversion=1.0encoding=UTF8>
<hr:Departmentxmlns:hr=http://example.com/hr
name="Shipping">
<!namesinalphabeticalorder>
<hr:emp>Lee</hr:emp>
<hr:emp>Martin</hr:emp>
<hr:emp>Oppenheimer</hr:emp>
</hr:Department>
CanconstructXHTML
forwebpages
UseSQL/XMLtoAchieveXQuery
Functionality
UseXMLEXISTSwithXPathtofinddocuments.
UseXMLQueryandXMLTablewithXPathtoextractpartsof
documents.
XPathcannotbeusedtoconstructnewdocument.
SQL/XMLhascompleteconstructorfunctionstomakeup
missingfunctionalityinXPath.
UseSQL/XMLconstructorfunctionsandXMLQuery(and
XMLTable)toconstructnewdocumentsfromexisting
documents.
Example:ConstructInvoicefromPurchase
Order
SELECTXMLDocument(
XMLElement(NAME"invoice",
XMLAttributes('12345'as"invoiceNo"),
XMLQuery('/purchaseOrder/billTo'PASSINGxmlpo),
XMLElement(NAMEpurchaseOrderNo,
PO.ponumber)
XMLElement(NAME"amount",
XMLQuery
('fn:sum(/purchaseOrder/items/item/xs:decimal(USPrice))'
PASSINGxmlpo))
))
FROMPurchaseOrdersPO
WHEREPO.ponumber=200300001
XPathSupport
UsedinXMLEXISTS,XMLQUERY,XMLTABLEandXML
indexing
XPath1.0+(subsetofXPath2.0/XQuery1.0)
XPath1.0constructsinXPath2.0semantics
+moredatatypes:xs:boolean,xs:integer,xs:decimal,xs:double,
xs:string
+namespacedeclarationfromXQueryprolog
Axes:onlyforwardaxes(child,attribute,descendant,
descendantorself,self,.,//,@)&parentaxis(..)aresupported.
AllstoredXMLdataareuntypedinV9.
Explicittypecastingmaybeneededinsomecases
ExamplesofXPathTyping
Nocastisneeded:FindalltheproductsintheCatalogwithRegPrice>
100
XMLQUERY(/Catalog/Categories/Product[RegPrice>100]PASSING
XCatalog)
Castisneeded:FindalltheproductsonsaleintheCatalog
XMLQUERY(/Catalog/Categories/Product[RegPrice>
xs:double(SalePrice)]PASSINGXCatalog)
Nocastisneeded:Findalltheproductswithmorethan10%discountin
theCatalog
XMLQUERY(/Catalog/Categories/Product[RegPrice*0.9> SalePrice]
PASSINGXCatalog)
ExamplesofXPathCardinality
Nocardinalityproblem:FindalltheproductsintheCatalogwithRegPrice
>$price
XMLQUERY(/Catalog/Categories/Product[RegPrice>$price]PASSING
XCatalog,200asprice)
Toavoidcardinalityviolation:FindalltheproductsonsaleintheCatalog
XMLQUERY(/Catalog/Categories/Product[RegPrice>
SalePrice/xs:double(.))]PASSINGXCatalog)
Toavoidcardinalityviolation:Findalltheproductswithmorethan10%
discountintheCatalog
XMLQUERY(/Catalog/Categories/Product[RegPrice/(.*0.9)> SalePrice
]PASSINGXCatalog)
ApplicationInterfaces
XMLtypeissupportedin
Java(JDBC,SQLJ),ODBC,
C/C++,COBOL,PL/I,Assembly
.NET
Applicationsuse:
XMLasCLOB(n),XMLasCLOB_FILE
XMLasDBCLOB(n),XMLasDBCLOB_FILE
XMLasBLOB(n),XMLasBLOB_FILE
Allcharacterorbinarystringtypesaresupported
XMLParseandXMLSerializeapply(implicitlyorexplicitly)
SQLDAandDCLGEN
SQLtypevalue988forXMLdata
SQLtypevalue989fornullableXMLdata
OutputfromDCLGENforanXMLcolumnisas
follows:
PL/I:SQLTYPEISXMLASCLOB(1M)
C/C++:SQLTYPEISXMLASCLOB(1M)
COBOL:SQLTYPEISXMLASCLOB(1M).
HostInterfaceExamples
CREATETABLET1(IDINT,XMLCOLXML)
INSERTINTOT1VALUES(100,:XMLHV)
INSERTINTOT1VALUES(150,:VBHV)
INSERTINTOT1VALUES(200,XMLPARSE(DOCUMENT:VBHV))
INSERTINTOT1VALUES(210,XMLPARSE(DOCUMENT:VBHV
PRESERVEWHITESPACE))
SELECTXMLCOLINTO:XMLHV
FROMT1
WHERET1.ID=100
SELECTXMLCOLINTO:VBHV
FROMT1
WHERET1.ID=100
SELECTXMLSERIALIZE(XMLCOLASBLOB(100K))
INTO:BLOBHV
FROMT1
WHERET1.ID=200
JavaJDBCExample
Usestandardinterface:
PreparedStatementpstmt=connection.prepareStatement("INSERTINTOPurchaseOders
VALUES(?,?)")//secondcolumn:XMLtype
InputStreamfin=newFileInputStream(file)
pstmt.setBinaryStream(2,fin,flen)
pstmt.execute()
Statements=connection.createStatement()
ResultSetrs=s.executeQuery("selectponumber,xmlpofrompurchaseOrders")
while(rs.next()){
intpo_no=rs.getInt("ponumber")
Stringspo=rs.getString(2)
System.out.println(spo)//uninterpretedflatxmltext
}
Orusecom.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Xmlinterface
FETCHCONTINUEforXMLandLOB
NosizeassociatedwithXMLvalues
Hardtoallocatelargememory
ShortcomingswithLOBLocator
NewFETCHCONTINUEstatements:(oneoftwoways)
DECLARECURSOR1CURSORFORSELECTC2FROMT1
OPENCURSOR1
FETCHWITHCONTINUECURSOR1into:clobhv
if(sqlcode>=0)&sqlcode<>100
Loopiftruncationoccursuntillob/xmlcomplete(totallength)
FETCHCURRENTCONTINUECURSOR1into:clobhv
Consume:clobhvcontent
endloop
AnotherwayistouseFETCHINTODESCRIPTOR:SQLDA
XMLDataExchangeinDRDA
SupportforDRDAXMLdataaccess
DB2forz/OSV9(ODBCdriversupportisprovided)
DB2UniversalDatabaseforLinux,Unix,andWindowsVersion9.1(includingCLIsupport).
DB2UniversalDriver(JDBC,SQLJ)V3.1
TransportisalsoinserializedXMLformat
EncodingeitherwithinXMLvalueitself(DRDAinternallyencoded)orinDRDAdescriptor
(DRDAexternallyencoded)
SendinginputdatafromDRDARequestertoServer
BLOBashostvariable
DataisinDRDAinternallyencodedstringvalue
DBCLOB,CLOBashostvariables
DataisintheDRDAexternallyencodedstringvalue,i.e.CCSIDinDRDAdescriptor
ServersideconvertsXMLstringvaluetoUTF8
SendingoutputdatafromDRDAServertoRequester
AlwayswithUTF8DRDAexternallyencoded
RequestersideconvertsXMLstringvalueintoapplicationhostvariableCCSID
Separatesend/receiveforXMLdataifremoteresultsetcontainsXMLdata
XMLIndexes
XPathvalueindex:indexvaluesof
elementsorattributesinsidea
document.
Indexentriesinclude:
(keyvalue,DocID,NodeID,RIDx)
Supportstring(VARCHAR)or
numeric(DECFLOAT)keytype
CREATEINDEXON
PurchaseOrders(XMLPO)Generate
KeysUsingXMLPATTERN
/purchaseOrder/items/item/desc
asSQLVARCHAR(100)
<?xmlversion="1.0"?>
<purchaseOrder orderDate="19991020">
<shipTo country="US">
<name>AliceSmith</name>
...
</shipTo>
<billTo country="US">
...
</billTo>
<comment>Hurry,mylawnisgoingwild!</comment>
<items>
<item partNum="872AA">
<desc>Lawnmower</desc>
<comment>Confirmthisiselectric</comment>
</item>
<desc>BabyMonitor</desc>
</item>
</items>
</purchaseOrder>
<?xmlversion="1.0"?>
<purchaseOrder orderDate="19991020">
<shipTo country="US">
<name>AliceSmith</name>
...
</shipTo>
<billTo country="US">
...
</billTo>
<comment>Hurry,mylawnisgoingwild!</comment>
<items>
<desc>Lawnmower</desc>
<comment>Confirmthisiselectric</comment>
</item>
<desc>BabyMonitor</desc>
</item>
</items>
</purchaseOrder>
Thisindexcanbeusedforpredicate:
XMLEXISTS(/purchaseOrder/items/item[desc=BabyMonitor]passingXMLPO)
SomethingSpecialforXMLIndex
Thenumberofkeysforeachdocument(eachbaserow)
dependsonthedocumentandXMLPattern.
Foranumericindex,ifastringfromadocumentcannotbe
convertedintoanumber,itisignored.
<a><b>X</b><b>5</b></a>,XMLPattern/a/basSQLDecfloat.
Onlyoneentry5intheindex.
Forastring(VARCHAR(n))index,ifakeyvalueislongerthan
thelimit,INSERTorCREATEINDEXwillfail.
BeCarefulCreatingIndexesonNonleaf
Nodes
Indexingeverythingisnotsupported.SQLCODE20305ifakey
valuespansmultiplerowsintheinternalXMLtable.
Alwayssafetoindexleafnodes(<=1000bytes).
Indexingnonleadnodeswillresultinconcatenationofvalues
forthekey:
//name,thekeyvaluewillbeJohnJoewithstripwhitespace,
or
JohnJoe(w/LFs)withpreservewhitespace
Queryhastousethesame
stringtomatch:
/customer[name=JohnJoe]
<name>
<first>John</first>
<last>Joe</last>
</name>
<name>
<first>John</first>
<last>Joe</last>
</name>
NewAccessMethods
XMLExists(/Catalog/Categories/Product[RegPrice>100]
passingcatalog)withindexon
/Catalog/Categories/Product/RegPriceasSQLDECFLOAT
DocIDlistaccessDXunique
DocIDlistfromanXMLindex,
thenaccessthebasetable
andXMLtable.
XMLExists(/Catalog/Categories/Product[RegPrice>100and
Discount>0.1])
Withindexeson:
//RegPriceasSQLDECFLOATand
//DiscountasSQLDECFLOAT
DocIDANDing/ORing
DX/DI/DUunionorintersect
(unique)DocIDlistsfromXML
indexes,thenaccessthebase
tableandXMLtable.
Basealgorithm:givenadocument,scanandevaluateXPath DocScanR(QuickXScan)
Description AccessMethods
AnotherExampleforIndexesandQuery
CREATETABLEACORD.REQUEST(
IDBIGINTNOTNULLPRIMARYKEY,
REQUESTXMLXML,
RESPONSEXMLXML
)INDATABASEDBACORD
CREATEINDEXACORD.ACORDINDEX1ONACORD.REQUEST(REQUESTXML)
GENERATEKEYSUSINGXMLPATTERN
'declaredefaultelementnamespace"http://ACORD.org/Standards/Life/2"
/TXLife/TXLifeRequest/TransRefGUID'asSQLVARCHAR(24)
CREATEINDEXACORD.ACORDINDEX2ONACORD.REQUEST(REQUESTXML)
GENERATEKEYSUSINGXMLPATTERN
'declaredefaultelementnamespace"http://ACORD.org/Standards/Life/2"
/TXLife/TXLifeRequest/OLifE/Holding/Policy/@id'ASSQLVARCHAR(9)
AnotherExampleforIndexesandQuery
(conted)
++
|PLANNO|ACCESSTYPE|MATCHCOLS|ACCESSCREATOR|ACCESSNAME|MIXOPSEQ|
++
1_|1|M|0|| |0|
2_|1|DX|1|ACORD|ACORDINDEX2|1|
3_|1|DX|1|ACORD|ACORDINDEX1|2|
4_|1|DI|0|| |3|
++
Findparticipantinformation
aboutapolicy.
SELECT
XMLQuery('declaredefaultelementnamespace"http://ACORD.org/Standards/Life/2"
/TXLife/TXLifeRequest/OLifE/Holding/Policy/Life/Coverage/LifeParticipant'
PASSINGR.REQUESTXML),
XMLQuery('declaredefaultelementnamespace"http://ACORD.org/Standards/Life/2"
/TXLife/TXLifeRequest/OLifE/Party
[@id=
/TXLife/TXLifeRequest/OLifE/
Holding/Policy/Life/Coverage/
LifeParticipant/@PartyID]'
PASSINGR.REQUESTXML)
FROMACORD.REQUESTR
WHEREXMLExists('declaredefaultelementnamespace
"http://ACORD.org/Standards/Life/2"
/TXLife/TXLifeRequest[TransRefGUID="20041217141016000012"]/
OLifE[Holding/Policy/@id="POLICY12"]'
PASSINGR.REQUESTXML)
ASEPAQueryExample
AssumetableINTERBANKDD(CollectionMsgXML,StatusMsgXML)
CollectionMsg:pacs.003.001.01
StatusMsg:pacs.002.001.02
FindinformationofDirectDebitTransactionsthatwerecreatedonorafter20060628and
havebeenrejected,andreturnthereasonalso.
SELECTXMLQuery(declaredefaultelementnamespace
"urn:iso:std:iso:20022:tech:xsd:pacs.003.001.01"
/Document/pacs.003.001.01/DrctDbtTxInf'PASSINGCollectionMsg),
XMLQuery(declaredefaultelementnamespace
/Document/pacs.002.001.02/TxInfAndSts/StsRsnInf/StsRsn'PASSINGStatusMsg)
FROMINTERBANKDD
WHEREXMLEXISTS('declaredefaultelementnamespace
/Document/pacs.002.001.02[OrgnlGrpInfAndSts/OrgnlCreDtTm>="200606
28"]/TxInfAndSts[TxSts="RJCT"]'PASSINGSTATUSMsg)
XMLSchemaSupport
XMLSchemaaddsconstraintsonXMLdata.
RegisteraschemainXMLSchemaRepository(XSR)
Externalnames
targetnamespace:e.g.,"http://www.ibm.com/software/catalog"
schemalocation:e.g.,
"http://www.ibm.com/schemas/software/catalog.xsd"
SQLidentifierusedtoreferenceschemasinSQL
uniqueidentifierinDB,e.g.,SYSXSR.ORDERSCHEMA
Whereareschemasused?
SYSFUN.DSN_XMLValidateinSQL(UDFforXMLValidate)
Decomposition
RegisteringanXMLSchema(Stored
Procedures)
XSR_REGISTER(rschema,name,schemalocation,xsd,docproperty)
XSR_ADDSCHEMADOC(rschema,name,schemalocation,xsd,docproperty)
XSR_COMPLETE(rschema,name,schemaproperties,isUsedForDecomp)
XSR_REMOVE(rschema,name)
Parameters:
rschema nullorSYSXSR
identifier SQLname(VARCHAR(128))
schemalocationVARCHAR(1000)
xsd XMLschemadocument(BLOB(30M))
docproperty BLOB(5M),maybeusedbytools
schemaproperties sameasdocproperties
isUsedForDecomp INTEGER,1yes,0no.
JavaDriver(JCC)providesasetofAPIsforschemaregistration
XSR_REGISTER(SYSXSR','ORDERSCHEMA',
'http://www.n1.com/order.xsd',:xsd,:docproperty)
XSR_ADDSCHEMADOC(SYSXSR','ORDERSCHEMA',
'http://www.n1.com/lineitem.xsd',:xsd,:docproperty)
XSR_ADDSCHEMADOC(SYSXSR','ORDERSCHEMA',
'http://www.n1.com/parts.xsd',:xsd,:docproperty)
XSR_COMPLETE(SYSXSR','ORDERSCHEMA',:schemaproperty,0)
Orderschema
order.xsd
Order
Lineitem
lineitem.xsd parts.xsd
import
include
Namespace: Namespace:
Example:RegisteringanXMLSchema
UsingXMLSchema
Schemavalidation(typeannotationnotkept)
INSERTintoPurchaseOrders
VALUES('200300001',CURRENTDATE,'A',
SYSFUN.DSN_XMLValidate(:lobPO,SYSXSR.ORDERSCHEMA))
Annotatedschemabaseddecompositionstoreusingtables.
(XDBDECOMPXMLstoredproc)
E.g.orderID>PORDER.ORDERID
<attributename="orderID"type=xs:string
db2xdb:rowSet=PORDER
db2xdb:column=ORDERID/>
annotations
Utilities
EnhancedtohandlenewXML
type,XMLtablespaces,and
XMLindexes
CHECKDATA
CHECKINDEX
COPYINDEX
COPYTABLESPACE
COPYTOCOPY
LISTDEF
LOAD
MERGECOPY
QUIESCETABLESPACESET
REALTIMESTATISTICS
REBUILDINDEX
RECOVERINDEX
RECOVERTABLESPACE
REORGINDEX
REORGTABLESPACE
REPORTTABLESPACESET
UNLOAD
BasicRUNSTATS
DBAConsiderations
DatabaseadministratorsshouldtreatXMLdatabaseobjectsastheydoinLOB
databaseobjects.
LikeLOBobjects,XMLobjectscontaindatastoredoutsidethebasetablespace.
XMLtablespacesandindexspacesmustbeconsistentalsowiththeirrelatedbasetable
AlltheutilitieseithersupportortolerateXML,withsomespecificXMLkeyword
support(nextchart).
Inaddition,XMLhasmoreconsiderations,suchastablespacesizelimit,
compression,andindexes.
GetXMLDataInwithLOAD
ToloadXMLdirectlyfrominputrecord,specifyXMLasthefieldtype.
LOADDATAINDDN(INFILE)LOGNORESUME(NO)FORMAT
DELIMITED
INTOTABLEPURCHASEORDERS
LOADDATAINDDN(INFILE)LOGNORESUME(NO)
XMLPOPOSITION(20)
XMLPRESERVEWHITESPACE
INTOTABLEPURCHASEORDERS
ToloadXMLfromafile,specifyCHARorVARCHARalongwitheither
BLOBF,CLOBForDBCLOBF.
SchemavalidationnotsupportedforLOAD.
XMLcompressiontakeseffectafterfirstREORG,notoninitialLOAD.
SameforFREEPAGE,PCTFREE.
GetXMLDataOutwithUNLOAD
TounloadXMLdatadirectlytooutputrecord,specifyXMLas
thefieldtype.
nondelimitedformat:a2bytelengthwillprecedethevalueofthe
XML.
Fordelimitedoutput,nolengthfieldispresent.
TounloadXMLdatatoaseparatefile:
SpecifyCHAR(n)/VARCHAR(n)BLOBF,CLOBForDBCLOBFfor
filenames
UsethetemplatecontrolstatementtocreatetheXMLoutputfile
andfilename
OperationandRecovery
Torecoverbasetablespace,takeimagecopiesofallrelatedobjects
UseREPORTTABLESPACESETtoobtainalistofrelatedobjects
UseQUIESCETABLESPACESETtoquiesceallobjectsintherelatedset
UseSQLSELECTtoquerytheSYSIBM.SYSXMLRELStableforrelationshipsbetween
basetablespacesandXMLtablespaces
COPYTOCOPYmaybeusedtoreplicateimagecopiesofXMLobjects.
MERGECOPYmaybeusedtomergeincrementalcopiesofXMLtablespaces.
PointinTimerecovery(RECOVERTOCOPY,TORBA,TOLOGPOINT)
Allrelatedobjects,includingXMLobjectsmustberecoveredtoaconsistentpointintime
CHECKutilitiestovalidatebasetablespaceswithXMLcolumns,XMLindexesandrelated
XMLtablespaces.
Ifthereisanavailabilityissuewithoneobjectintherelatedset,availabilityoftheothers
maybeimpacted.
DiagnosingProblemrelatedtoXMLobjects
IdentifyXMLtablesandtheirrelatedobjects
RunREPORTTABLESPACESET
Validatethattheauxiliaryindexisconsistentwiththeunderlyingtablespaces
RunCHECKINDEXonallindexes,DocID,NodeIDandXMLvalueindexes
ValidatethelogicalconnectionbetweenthebasetableandXMLtable.
RunCHECKDATAagainstthebasetablespace.
UseRepairtodiagnoseproblemrelatedtobasetablespaceswithXMLcolumnsandtheir
DocIDindex
UseREPAIRLOCATEKEYtolocatearowusingDocIDkeyintheDocIDindex
UseRepairtodiagnoseproblemrelatedtoXMLtablespacesandtheirNodeIDindexor
XMLValueIndex
UseREPAIRLOCATERIDtolocatearowusingaRID.
PerformanceMonitoringandTuning
SinceXMLnativesupportisbuiltontopofregulartablespacestructure,there
arenospecialchangesinDB2PerformanceExperttosupportXMLother
thanminorpoints suchasnewXMLlocks.
XMLperformanceproblemcanbeanalyzedthroughaccountingtracesand
performancetraces.
ThereisanewLOADMODULEforXML:DSNNXML
XMLindexeshavethesameconsiderationasotherindexes.
TheREORGutilityshouldbeusedtomaintainorderandfreespace.
RunRUNSTATSforstatisticstohelppickXMLindexes.
TableSpaceSizeConsideration
XMLstorageisabout1:1originaldocsizewithoutcompression
andwithstripwhitespace.
AnXMLtablespacealwaysuse16KBpages.
Fornonrangepartitionedbasetablespaces,PBGtablespaceis
usedforXML.
Rangepartitionedbasetablespaces:XMLpartitioningfollows
basetablepartitioning.
Thenumberofrowstofitintoarelationalpartitionislimitedby
thenumberofdocumentstofitintoanXMLpartition.
Forexample,4Kdocsize,400GBpartitioncanroughlystore100M
documents(or75Mtobesafe).
Compression
XMLTablespacecompression
InheritfrombasetableCompressYES
Significantdiskstoragesavings,especiallywithpreserve
whitespaceoption(70%)
CPUcostsimilartorelational
SignificantCPUimpactifyouselectmanydocument(DocScan)
InitialLOADwilltriggerbasetablecompressionbutnotforXML
tablspace
CompressionhappensatnextREORG
XMLIndexing
Eachindexadds1520%CPUtimetothebasic
INSERTcost.Createindexesthatareonlyneeded.
SpecifyfullpathforindexXMLpatterns,avoidwild
card,ordescendantaxis
Rebuildindexisrecommendedovercreateindex
CodeXPathconditionsthatwillmatchindexpatterns.
IndexExploitation
Indexesarecriticalforqueryperformance.
IndexesarenotusedfortheXMLQueryfuntion.
IndexesareusedforXMLExistsandXMLTable.
/po/items/item[price>123.5]canmatchXMLPattern
/po/items/item/price
/po[billTo/city=London]/items/item[price>123.5]matches
twoindexes:
/po/billTo/city and
/po/items/item/price
(also//cityand//pricenotrecommended)
DocScan
Useindex
PerformanceandScalability
XMLstorageisverycompact,anditleveragesmature
optimizedstorageinfrastructure(regulartablespaces).
Nextgenerationparsers:z/OSXMLSystemServicesand
XLXPC.
HighlyefficientXPathstreamingalgorithm
Supportpartitionedtablespacesanddatasharing.
Initialsweetspot:alargenumberofsmalldocuments.
StorageforUNIFIMessages
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StripWS:Strip Whitespaces
PresWS:PreserveWhitespaces
67%
70%
58%
52%
InsertPerformance(Batch)
MeasurementinMarch2007,z9DS8300,Singlethread,DocsinEBCDIC
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InsertXMLwithindexes
InsertElapsedandCPU
100% 100%
111%
116%
125%
138%
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XML
w/1index
w/2indexes
InsertPerformance
InsertElapsedandCPU
100% 100%
111%
116%
67%
87%
0%
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40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
140%
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XML
XMLw/index
CLOB
(averageof1Kto10Mdocumentinsertperformance)
FetchPerformance(Batch)
MeasurementinMarch2007,z9DS8300,Singlethread,DocsinEBCDIC
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9.3millions10K
docsperhouror
2580docs/sec
XMLIndexExploitation
Insertv.s.Validationv.s.Decomposition
z9109,3x1.7GHz,12GBCS,ESSM800
0.62s 0.26s 2.02s 0.55s Shred23
three2kdocs
x1000
5.6s 10.33s 2.21s 0.97s 3.37s 1.89s Qcapture4k
docx3000
times
13.98s 43.51s 13.98s 8.37s 43.51s 35.90s Custacc
10,000docs4
19K
Decomp
CPU
Decomp
elapsed
Valid.
CPU
Insert
CPU
Valid.
elapsed
Insert
elapsed
Testcases
SEPASampleXMLDocuments
A:Interbankdirectdebitcollection(pacs.003.001.01)
B:ReturnorRefund,interbankpaymentreturn(pacs.004.001.01)
C:RejectPaymentstatusreport(pacs.002.001.02)
D:Interbankreversal(pacs.007.001.01)
E:CustomerDirectDebitInitiation(pain.008.001.01)
F:Customertobankpaymentreversal(pain.007.001.01)
G:Banktocustomerreject(pain.002.001.02)
H:CustomerCredittransferinitiation(pain.001.001.02)
I:FItoFICustomercredittransfer(pacs.008.001.01)
SEPA/UNIFIXMLSampleInsertPerformance
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Documents
Insert
Validate
Tools
Toolchoices:
RationalDataArchitect
RationalApplicationDeveloper
DeveloperWorkbench(DWB)
.NET
QMF
SPUFI
Schemaregistration,validation
Annotationfordecomposition
MappingrelationaltoXMLschemaforXMLgeneration
XMLFeaturesinV9Summary
FirstclassXMLtype,nativestorageofXQuery DataModel
(XDM)
CompleteSQL/XMLconstructorfunctions
XMLPARSEandXMLSERIALIZE
XMLindexes
OtherSQL/XMLfunctionswithXPath
XMLEXISTS,XMLQUERY,XMLTABLE
XMLSchemarepository,ValidationUDF,anddecomposition
DRDA(distributedsupport)andapplicationinterfaces
Utilitiesandtools
SomeRestrictionsandLimits
Update:wholedocumentreplacement
Largestdocumentsize:~2GB
Typeannotationnotkeptinstorageaftervalidation.
XMLindexes:
Numericandstringtypes
Stringindexkeylength:1000bytes
Keysdonotspanrecords
XMLEXISTSisindexable,butstage2,alwaysreevaluatedby
DocScanafterindexaccess.
Rangepartitionedtablespaces:XMLpartitioningfollowsbasetable
partitioning
Triggers:XMLcolumnscannotbetransitionvars
Storedprocedures:noXMLtypearguments
SystemConfigurations
BasicXMLparsingrequiresz/OSXMLSS:z/OS1.8orz/OS1.7
withAPAROA16303
XMLschemasrequiresIBM31bitSDKforz/OS,Java2
TechnologyEdition,V5(5655N98),SDK5.
Zparmsforstorage:XMLVALAandXMLVALS
Default:200MBand10GB.
BufferpoolforXMLtables(defaultBP16K0),authorization.
DEFAULTBUFFERPOOLFORUSERXMLDATA===>BP16K0
BP16K0BP16K9
XMLNormalizationExample
Manager
Employee
Department
Project
Skill
1:1
1:n
n:n
n:n
n:n
1. (D,M,S*,(E,P*,S*)*)*,S*,P*
2. (M,S*,D,(E,S*,P*)*)*,P*,S*
3. (P,(E,S*,M,S*,D)*)*,S*
4. (S,(M,D,(E,P*)*)*
5.
RepresentingN:NRelationship
N3 E3
N2 E2
N1 E1
PN2 P2
PN1 P1
E3 P2
E2 P2
E3 P3
E2 P1
E1 P1
Employee
Project
PE
<projects>
<projectno=P1>
<name>PN1<name>
<team>
<member>E1</member>
<member>E2</member>
</team>
</project>
<projectno=P2>
.
</project>
</projects>
<employees>
<employeeno=E1>
<name>N1</name>
</employee>
<employeeno=E2>
<name>N2</name>
</employee>
<employees>
Divideinto
multipledocs
tostore
Project<>Employee
IndexingN:NRelationship
N3 E3
N2 E2
N1 E1
PN2 P2
PN1 P1
E3 P2
E2 P2
E3 P3
E2 P1
E1 P1
Employee
Project
PE
<projects>
<projectno=P1>
<name>PN1<name>
<team>
<member>E1</member>
<member>E2</member>
</team>
</project>
<projectno=P2>
.
</project>
</projects>
<employees>
<employeeno=E1>
<name>N1</name>
</employee>
<employeeno=E2>
<name>N2</name>
</employee>
<employees>
/employee/@no
/project/@no /project/team/member
Divideinto
multipledocs
tostore
Project<>Employee
(Pdetails&P>E)
(E>P)
(Edetails)
XMLRelatedLocks
Summary
WhyXMLandXMLdatabases
Usagescenarios
DB2pureXMLfeatures
Performance
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