The following table lists the available XML functions, and a description of their purpose.
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| CREATEXML | Creates an XML object based on an XML text representation. |
| XMLQUERY | Evaluates an XQuery expression over an XML object. |
| XMLSERIALIZE | Converts an XML object into a string. There are also two subordinate elements:
|
| XMLDOCUMENT | Creates an XQuery document node from an XML object. |
| XMLELEMENT | Creates an XML element node. |
| XMLFOREST | Creates a sequence of XML elements whose serialization concatenates individual serializations of sequence members. |
| XMLCONCAT | Converts a list of values into a forest of XML values. |
| XMLCOMMENT | Creates a comment node with given comment value. |
| XMLPI | Creates an XML processing instruction node with given name. |
| XMLTEXT | Creates an XQuery text node. |
| XMLPARSE | Creates an XML type instance from a non-validating string parsing |
| XMLVALIDATE | Using the specified schema, validates a given XML type instance. |
| XMLAGG | Creates an XML value by aggregating multiple rows. |
See the Teradata XML reference manual, B035-1140, for a detailed description of these XML functions.