Re: SQL99 - Nested Tables

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Affan Salman wrote:

> On 7/7/05, Darren Alcorn <dalcorn(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> I was interested as to if there were plans to develop SQL99 nested
>> tables. I know with AJAX(tm) starting to grow in popularity that the
>> XML features of SQL2003 would prove useful for EnterpriseDB.
>>
>
> Although this discussion seems to be heading more towards Nested
> Tables, I would like to express that EnterpriseDB is very interested
> in seeing XML features of SQL2003 specs added to PostgreSQL.
>
> We would love to sponsor anybody possessing the pertinent skillset and
> interested in working on these bi-directional mapping features. This,
> of course, includes folks already working on any XML-oriented projects
> for PostgreSQL. If you are interested, drop a private e-mail to Denis
> Lussier (luss(at)enterprisedb(dot)com).

Now, after we have GiST with concurrent and recovery support I see no
obstacle to implement native XML support using GiST. A long time ago
I thought about ltree + hstore hybrid to work with XML, but unfortunately,
we were busy.

>
> Affan Bin Salman,
> Lead Database Architect
> EnterpriseDB Corporation.
>
> mailto: affan(at)enterprisedb(dot)com
> blog: http://affans.blogspot.com
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Regards,
Oleg
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