XQuery Implementation in a Relational Database System
ManyenterpriseapplicationsprefertostoreXMLdataasarichdatatype,i.e.asequenceofbytes,inarelationaldatabasesystemtoavoidthecomplexityofdecomposingthedataintoalargenumberoftablesandthecostofreassemblingtheXMLdata.TheupcomingreleaseofMicrosoft’sSQLServersupportsXQueryasthequerylang