Re: xpath_array with namespaces support

I've realized that Peter's criticism (concerning comparing beginning
of datum with "<?xml") is right: current approach is unable to work
with XML values such as "<?xml ...?><a /><b />".

I'll propose a modification of the patch as long as fixes for NULLs as
input and output values very soon (in a day or so).

On 4/4/07, Nikolay Samokhvalov <nikolay(at)samokhvalov(dot)com> wrote:
> The patch attached contains following changes:
> 1. The function name xmlpath() is changed to xpath();
> 2. Approach of passing of namepspace mappings to the function is changed:
> now that array (the 3rd argument) should be a 2-dimentional array with the
> length of the second axis = 2 (e.g., ARRAY[ARRAY['a1', 'http://a1'],
> ARRAY['a2', 'http://a2'], ARRAY['a2', 'http://a2']]);
> 3. Description of xpath() function in docs (I'm sorry for possible
> mistakes in English and docbook formatting, please check it...)
>
>
> On 4/3/07, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > Nikolay Samokhvalov wrote:
> > > On 3/22/07, Peter Eisentraut < peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> > > > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > > > Patch applied.
> > > >
> > > > This code seems to think that if an xml datum starts with "<?xml" it's
> a
> > > > document. That is completely bogus.
> > >
> > > Agreed. I'll fix it.
> >
> > Nikolay, it has been a week, and I have see no fixes from you in
> > response to requests from Peter. If the patch doesn't arrive in 1-2
> > days, I will have to revert your patch and it will be kept for 8.4.
> > Feature freeze was April 1, 2007.
> >
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> Best regards,
> Nikolay
>

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Best regards,
Nikolay