Kimbro Staken: oracle and xml, it dismiss Tamino, which had some enthusiastical reviews some time ago:
Oracle 9i Release 2 XML DB
[..] I've spent a fair amount of time in the last couple weeks studying the new Oracle XML features and I have to say I'm very impressed. [..] Oracle 9i is now by every definition that I know of, a native XML database. And in my opinion is also the most complete and powerful native XML database around. [..] enables XMLType as a type within the relational model and opens the full richness of relational manipulation to XML data. They've provided some extension functions to SQL to enable accessing data within XMLType instances and then using that data within SQL queries. [..] At this point I have to say there's little reason for products like Software AG Tamino to exist anymore. Even if there is some speed advantage to Tamino and brethren, it's simply lacking in almost every other regard.[..] there's really no reason now to go away from the existing relational databases. I expect IBM and Microsoft to be coming out with products of similar power in the near future. [Kimbro Staken: XML Database JuJu]
