XML - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

C Data Type Definition

typedef int XML_HANDLE;

Usage

Use the XML_HANDLE data type when passing an XML instance as an argument or returning an XML type result.

Here is an example using an XML parameter in a UDF definition and XML_HANDLE in a C function declaration.

CREATE FUNCTION F1 (A XML(100))
RETURNS XML(100)
 ...;

void f1( XML_HANDLE *a,
         XML_HANDLE *result,
         ... )
{  ... }

UDFs, UDMs, and external stored procedures can also process XML data as VARCHAR, CLOB, VARBYTE, or BLOB values. You can use the XMLSERIALIZE function to serialize an XML value to a VARCHAR, CLOB, VARBYTE, or BLOB value before passing it to an external routine. You can use the CREATEXML function to create an XML type value from the results of an external routine.

For information about the XMLSERIALIZE and CREATEXML functions, see Teradata Vantage™ - XML Data Type, B035-1140.