Vantage provides the following support for storing and processing XML data:
- An XML data type that allows you to store XML content in a compact binary form that preserves the information set of the XML document
- Functions and methods on the XML type that support common XML operations like parsing, validation, transformation (XSLT) and Query (XPath and XQuery)
- The XQuery query language for querying and transforming XML content
- Stored procedures that allow you to publish the results of SQL queries in XML format
- Shredding functionality that allows you to extract values from XML documents and use them to update database tables