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> Shredding is very useful for storing certain classes of data-centric > documents, especially when non-XML documents need to access that data. [snip] > So it shouldn't be viewed as a substitute for native XML storage but as > a complementary technology. That's true. We're not always presented with a shredding OR native XML decision. Sometimes the requirement is shredding AND native XML. > > Even more desirable is implementing XML as an SQL type. ... Informix was the > > first to demonstrate that at XML conferences in 1999. > > Interesting. Did the Informix technology ever get released? The demos I saw were Informix Internet Foundation.2000, which included Dynamic Server.2000. That product shipped in late 1999 / early 2000. It was before the IBM acquisition. http://www.ewertdotcom.com/portfolio/docs/ids.2000_techbrief.pdf
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