Release Notes (FixPak 3)

XML Extender on a partitioned database environment.

XSLT user defined functions are not supported in a partitioned database environment.

When working with XML in a partitioned database environment the data is split across multiple physical nodes. The data distribution in this case is not predictable. When working in this kind of environment, you should ensure the following:

• Use the XMLVARCHAR or XMLCLOB data types instead of XMLFile in your UDFs.
• When using the UNIX or Windows operating systems, store your XML files on a file server, and mount or map that server to each machine so that the file has the same path regardless of what machine accesses it.
• Create a response file when you install DB2 Universal Database on the instance owning computer. Use this response file for the rest of your installations. This ensures that the same components are installed and configured the same way on each machine.
• Use the -r option to specify the root id in the enable_column command, so that a consistent partitioning key is used for all the table data.