Hello:
I have some XML/Oracle 8i related questions, for anyone who has used
this capability.
- Other than whatever the default Oracle 8i Enterprise (Say, for NT),
what MUST I have to be able to take an XML document, store it in a
database, query on that data, and later retrieve that document or pieces
of it from the query as a (another?) XML document?
- Is InterMedia a REQUIRED product for the above, and if not, what does
it give me capability wise should I get it?
- What exactly is iFS? I gather it is an included product in 8i
Enterprise? Is it always used when storing/retrieving XML docs or is
that just an option or what? From the online docs, it appears to me
that given a DTD, iFS is able to "automagically" handle the
parsing/assembly of XML documents to the table(s) for the XML doc type,
is this correct?
- How does Oracle store a valid XML document? I figure every element
gets its own column, but what about attributes? Does each attribute get
a column as well, or are they all stored in a clob that must be
searched, etc.?
- I think I have read that 8i understands (needs?) a DTD for parsing
documents and storing them in the tables. What about "Schemas"? (Not
DB Schemas, but XML Schemas. Can it use them as well?
Thanks for your help.
Mike
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Received on Thu Nov 04 1999 - 07:24:10 CST
