Re: upgrade from V5R4 to V7R1 - User-defined types named XML

[Lim Hock-Chai <Lim.Hock-Chai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ah... So, that memo is referring to

create type mylib/XML as  ....

thanks


"Charles Wilt"  wrote in message 
news:mailman.4896.1318952110.2520.midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx...

They are talking about having a column in a DB table with a User
defined type named XML.

Charles

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Hockchai Lim
<lim.hock-chai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We are in the process of upgrading our OS from V5R4 to V7R1.  In the V7R1
> upgrade Memo to Users 7_1.pdf, I see this little note :
>
> User-defined types named XML
> Applications created before release i 7.1 can create a user-defined type
> named XML. Unqualified references to the XML type resolve to the system
> built-in type XML that is new in i 7.1. Applications need to escape the
> user-defined references with quotation marks to reference the existing
> user-defined type.
>
>
> Doesn't parsing/accessing of XML document depends on what SAX or DOM 
> utility
> one choice use?  If so, why would OS plays any part in resolving a
> user-defined type?
>
>
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