Mix and Match SQL and XML with DB2 Viper hybrid

The DB2 Viper release is the first IBM implementation of a "hybrid" or multi-structured database management system. For the first time since its debut, DB2 Universal Database for Linux, UNIX, and Windows is providing a new query language, new storage technology, new indexing technology, and other features to support XML data and its inherent hierarchical structure. Users can freely mix and match storage of traditional SQL data and XML in a single table.

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