Unlike earlier versions, DB2 9.1 retains XML documents in their native format rather than breaking them up and storing them in relational tables. Any data stored in the server -- whether relational or XML -- can be retrieved using either SQL or XQuery.
This 'hybrid' capability allows users to save up to 75 percent due to reduction in lines of code, said Alyse Pasarelli, director for worldwide sales for IBM Information Management Software, in a briefing Wednesday.