XML Functions

There are special scalar functions which are designed to correctly handle XML data.

• xmlconcat()
  Scalar. Concatenates a number of XML values into a single value.
• xmlelement()
  Scalar. Creates a new XML data element, with attributes and XML expressions within it.
• xmlparse()
  Scalar. Converts a string into an XML value.
• xmlserialize()
  Scalar. Converts an XML value into a string.