Re: review: xml_is_well_formed

Hello

2010/8/3 Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>:
> On lör, 2010-07-31 at 13:40 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>> > Well-formedness should probably only allow XML documents.
>>
>> I think the point of this function is to determine whether a cast to
>> xml will throw an error.  The behavior should probably match exactly
>> whatever test would be applied there.
>
> Maybe there should be
>
> xml_is_well_formed()
> xml_is_well_formed_document()
> xml_is_well_formed_content()
>
> I agree that consistency with SQL/XML is desirable, but for someone
> coming from the outside, the unqualified claim that 'foo' is well-formed
> XML might sound suspicious.
>

yes, it is little bit curious - but it can be just documented. Now, I
don't think, so we need more functions.

Regards

Pavel