Re: Native XML

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Anton <antonin(dot)houska(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Native XML
Date: 2011-02-27 19:43:15
Message-ID: 510.1298835795@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"David E. Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> writes:
> On Feb 27, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> No, because the xpath stuff is fundamentally broken, and nobody seems to
>> know how to make libxslt do what we actually need. See the open bugs
>> on the TODO list.

> XPath is broken? I use it heavily in the Perl module Test::XPath and now, in PostgreSQL, with my explanation extension.

Well, if you're only using cases that work, you don't need to worry.

regards, tom lane

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