Re: xml type and encodings

Am Montag, 15. Januar 2007 12:42 schrieb Nikolay Samokhvalov:
> On 1/15/07, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> > Client encoding is A, server encoding is B. Client sends an xml datum
> > that looks like this:
> >
> > INSERT INTO table VALUES (xmlparse(document '<?xml version="1.0"
> > encoding="C"?><content>...</content>'));
> >
> > Assuming that A, B, and C are all distinct, this could fail at a number
> > of places.
> >
> > I suggest that we make the system ignore all encoding declarations in
> > xml data. That is, in the above example, the string would actually
> > have to be encoded in client encoding B on the client, would be
> > converted to A on the server and stored as such. As far as I can tell,
> > this is easily implemented and allowed by the XML standard.
>
> In other words, in case when B != C server must trigger an error, right?

No, C is ignored in all cases.

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Peter Eisentraut
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