XQuery and databases - XQuery 2.0

[Pavel Minaev]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Brian Maso<http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk> wrote:
> Wouldn't it be great to use XQuery to access or modify relational data AND
> XML data instead of SQL/XML? I'm sure there are a few SQL/XML enthusiasts
> out there, but XQuery just makes so much more sense in my brain that
> equivalent SQL. Having no influence other than my persuasive voice, I really
> wish someone would boil the SQL ocean and magically switch the world to a
> more XQuery-like language...

Isn't it precisely what DataDirect XQuery is all about?
(http://www.datadirect.com/products/xquery/index.ssp)