The following table lists the available methods on the XML type, and a description of their purpose.
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| XML Constructor | Creates a new instance of the XML type. |
| CREATESCHEMABASEDXML | Creates an XML value that is schema-validated and type-annotated. |
| CREATENONSCHEMABASEDXML | Converts a schema-based XML value to one without type annotations. |
| EXISTSNODE | Returns 1 if query returns other than NULL, an empty string or an empty sequence, or 0 otherwise. |
| ISCONTENT | Returns 1 if the XML value is a document node with one or more child elements, or 0 otherwise. |
| ISDOCUMENT | Returns 1 if the XML value is a well-formed XML document, or 0 otherwise. |
| ISSCHEMAVALID | Returns 1 if the XML instance is valid against the given XML schema, or 0 otherwise. |
| ISSCHEMAVALIDATED | Returns 1 if the XML value is schema-validated and type-annotated, or 0 otherwise. |
| XMLEXTRACT | Evaluates an XPath or XQuery query against an XML type instance, returning the query result. |
| XSLTTRANSFORM | Returns the XML type value resulting from an XSLT transformation of the XML type instance. |
See the TeradataXML reference manual, B035-1140, for a detailed description of these XML methods.