If you are using an office suite that supports the Open Document Format (ODF), such as OpenOffice.org or Lotus Symphony, and are a database/XML fan(atic) like I, then the artice "Using DB2 pureXML and ODF Spreadsheets" should be something for you. The most recent e-bulletin of the IDUG Solution Journal shows how you can process ODF-based documents by using XQuery inside DB2. Manipulate spreadsheets or text documents from the "tip of a query editor"...