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XML Extender Administration and Programming


Administering XML data

The XML Extender administration tasks consist of enabling your database and table columns for XML and mapping XML data to DB2 relational structures. The XML Extender provides several administration tools for your use, depending on whether you want to develop an application to perform your administration tasks or whether you simply want to use a wizard. You can use the following tools to complete administration tasks for the XML Extender:

This chapter describes the administration tasks that are associated with the administration wizard and the dxxadm command. The administration stored procedures are described in Administration stored procedures.

To complete the tasks in this chapter, you should be familiar with the concepts and planning tasks that are described in Administration planning.

The following sections describe the XML Extender administration tasks:

  1. Starting the administration wizard
  2. Enabling a database for XML
  3. Storing a DTD in the DTD repository
  4. Defining XML columns or collections
  5. Work with XML columns
  6. Work with XML collections


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