Re: XMLDocument (SQL/XML X030)

On 21.01.25 23:45, Robert Treat wrote:
> Is there some concrete use case you have seen that this would help
> with? Not objecting to adding it, but you've mentioned this migration
> idea twice but it seems to me this doesn't conform with existing
> implementations, and I don't see much benefit in migration use cases
> specifically, so I'm just curious if I am overlooking something?

I wouldn’t frame it as a "migration idea". My point is that this would
be one less function to modify when migrating a script from another
database system to PostgreSQL.

For example, in DB2:

SELECT xmldocument(xmlforest(10 as x, 20 as y)) FROM SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1;

----------------------------------------------------------
<X>10</X><Y>20</Y>

  1 record(s) selected.

 ... This same query wouldn’t work in PostgreSQL, but the function makes
the query more compatible.

SELECT xmldocument(xmlforest(10 as x, 20 as y));

    xmldocument     
--------------------
 <x>10</x><y>20</y>
(1 row)

Which compatibility issues with existing implementations are you
referring to?

Thanks!

Jim