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CURRENT IMPLICIT XMLPARSE OPTION

The CURRENT IMPLICIT XMLPARSE OPTION special register specifies whitespace handling options that are to be used when serialized XML data is implicitly parsed by the DB2® server without validation.

An implicit non-validating parse operation occurs when an SQL statement is processing an XML host variable or an implicitly or explicitly typed XML parameter marker that is not an argument of the XMLVALIDATE function.
The data type of the register is VARCHAR(128). The supported values are:
STRIP WHITESPACE
Whitespace that is in the document to improve readability is removed. The whitespace characters are: blank, carriage return, line feed, and tab. All boundary whitespace (whitespace between elements) is removed.
PRESERVE WHITESPACE
No whitespace is removed,
The initial value of CURRENT IMPLICIT XMLPARSE OPTION is 'STRIP WHITESPACE'.

Example

Set the CURRENT IMPLICIT XMLPARSE OPTION to PRESERVE WHITESPACE.

   SET CURRENT IMPLICIT XMLPARSE OPTION = PRESERVE WHITESPACE
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