Re: review: xml_is_well_formed

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Mike Fowler <mike(at)mlfowler(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: review: xml_is_well_formed
Date: 2010-08-03 15:15:26
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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.

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