DB2 V5R4 iSeries, and DB2 v9.1. For DB2 v9.1, DataDirect XQuery supports the XML enhancements of the database including the XML data type and native XQuery implementation - allowing you to directly execute XQuery expressions.

XML text files/streams. These files/streams can be accessed using fn:doc( ), which supports the http:, ftp:, and file:URI schemes and DataDirect XML Converters™ 3.0 URI's. let $request := doc('file:///c:/request.xml')/request ... Here is an example of a DataDirect XML Converters™ 3.0 URI scheme in which the name of the Adapter is Base64, the properties set for the conversion are newline and encoding, and the file to convert is base_to_xml.

There are several models for licensing DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0 and they vary between corporate and OEM customers. Please contact your DataDirect account representative at 1 (800) 477-6473 x4488 or (781) 280-4488 to discuss which model fits best for your environment.

Yes, our OEM account managers offer a number of licensing options. Visit the DataDirect OEM Agreements site for more information. XQuery is one of the hottest XML technologies being developed today. After you purchase DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0, stay informed with vital news about standards, tools, and trends by signing up for the DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0 newsletter.

DataDirect XQuery??? is an implementation of XQuery that can query XML, relational data, SOAP messages, EDI, or a combination of data sources. It provides the fastest, most reliable and scalable XQuery support for all major relational databases and runs on any J2SE 1.4 or higher Java platform. DataDirect XQuery supports the XQuery API for Java (XQJ), and is easily embeddable into any Java program. It does not require any other product or application server, and has no server of its own.

Information about DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0 can be found at http://www.datadirect.com/products/xquery/index.ssp. XQuery is one of the hottest XML technologies being developed today. Stay informed with vital news about standards, tools, and trends by signing up for the DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0 newsletter. Put the power, scalability, and performance of DataDirect XQuery™ 3.

DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0 is ideal for any company that needs to access and integrate data stored in XML and relational sources. Unlike other XQuery products, DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0 provides the following benefits: DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0 provides good performance when querying relational databases because it allows the XQuery query to be executed as efficiently as possible (decomposing the query into SQL statements) and moving out of the database just the minimum amount of data.

DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0 is implemented in Java and runs on any J2SE 1.4 or higher Java platform.

DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0 embeds Saxon. It is used by DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0 to query XML documents. If you want to query and integrate both XML and relational data, DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0 provides substantial benefits in performance over a free implementation such as Saxon: DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0 provides support for all major databases on any platform. In contrast, Saxon only has minimal support for data stored in relational databases. DataDirect XQuery™ 3.

Configuring DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0 for your environment is straightforward. Once installed, you configure a source configuration file to specify the connection information for XML and relational data sources that are used by XQuery queries. To make this configuration easy, DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0 ships with an example source configuration file for each database that the product supports, so you can start with one of these example files and modify the values as needed.

Yes, contact your DataDirect account representative at 1 (800) 477-6473 x4488 or (781) 280-4488 for pricing that includes both products.

Yes, a developer version is available should you need more time to work on your proof of concept than the evaluation license provides.

Yes. DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0 does not require its own server infrastructure, which makes it easy to embed into other commercial applications.

Yes. DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0 supports updates to relational database tables from inside an XQuery by providing three built-in functions. These functions are: ddtek:sql-insert, ddtek:sql-update, ddtek:sql-delete.

Java applications use the XQuery for Java API (XQJ) to execute XQuery, which is analogous to using the JDBC API to execute SQL statements. The following sample Java code illustrates the basic steps that an application would perform to execute an XQuery expression using DataDirect XQuery™ 3.0. ... // import the XQJ classes import com.ddtek.xquery.*; import com.ddtek.xquery.xqj.mediator.DDXQDataSource; // establish a connection to a data source DDXQDataSource ds = new DDXQDataSource(); ds.

TopLink Essentials supports any JDBC and SQL compliant database. It ships with several data platform configurations that can be selected to allow native or non-standard SQL operations to be generated. As part of ongoing testing and certification efforts TopLink Essentials is also tested against many of the leading databases. The JPA specification defines the core object-relational capabilities most applications require.

DataDirect XML Converters™ 3.0 are high-performance Java??? and .NET components that provide bi-directional, programmatic access to virtually any non-XML file including EDI (EDIFACT, X12, EANCOM, IATA), flat files, and other legacy formats. DataDirect XML Converters™ 3.0 allow developers to seamlessly stream any non-XML data as XML to industry-leading XML processing components (including DataDirect XQuery) or to any application.

DataDirect XML Converters™ 3.0 can be licensed through a workstation or a server based licensing metric (model). Check out our Help Me Choose page to learn more about the difference between the two models. Please contact your DataDirect account representative at 1 (800) 477-6473 x4488 or (781) 280-4488 to discuss which one fits best with your environment.

Yes, our OEM account managers offer a number of licensing options. Visit the DataDirect OEM Agreements site for more information or contact your DataDirect account representative at 1 (800) 477-6473 x4488 or (781) 280-4488. Put the power, scalability, and performance of DataDirect XML Converters™ 3.

All built-in converters are bidirectional. For example, the EDI converter supports both EDI to XML and also XML to EDI — you can read and write to your non-XML files. Custom converters defined using Stylus Studio Enterprise Suite are XML to non-XML only.