X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FBE3D1B276 for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 07:37:16 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 87468-08 for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 07:36:58 -0300 (ADT) Received: from anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.89]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19D47D1B1F7 for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 07:36:56 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mwynhau.demon.co.uk ([193.237.186.96] helo=mainbox.archonet.com) by anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1BR7OZ-00082d-0V; Fri, 21 May 2004 11:36:55 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.17] (client17.archonet.com [192.168.1.17]) by mainbox.archonet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5E2315D8D; Fri, 21 May 2004 11:36:54 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <40ADDBC6.3040201@archonet.com> Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 11:36:54 +0100 From: Richard Huxton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (X11/20040502) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: LSanchez@ameritrade.com Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: XML data field References: <2898C2526ECBEB448D434BA1F302790902E93CF1@scsdcmail1.ameritrade.com> In-Reply-To: <2898C2526ECBEB448D434BA1F302790902E93CF1@scsdcmail1.ameritrade.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200405/195 X-Sequence-Number: 17909 LSanchez@ameritrade.com wrote: > Does anyone have any experience in retrieving and formatting an XML data > from a field using pgSQL? Are there any system stored procs that could > reformat the XML elements or just retrieve the elements needed? There are some xml-related functions in the contrib/ directory of the source folder. Haven't used them myself, so can't say more. Worth checking the mailing list archives though, since there has been discussion of this. -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd