DataDirect Connect for SQL/XML is the first standards-based software tool that allows Java applications to build XML documents directly as the result of SQL queries. It also extracts information from XML documents to update relational data. Connect for SQL/XML is compliant with SQL/XML, the SQL/XML extensions that are part of SQL 2003. Using Connect for SQL/XML, developers have a consistent, standards-based approach to creating XML from relational data that works without change across any major database.