Re: get attribute from XML

Dear Viktor,

'modified' is an attribute node, so you need to use the @ sign to
acquire its value:

mschatte=# select xpath( '//entry/@modified', '<entry version="21"
modified="2009-07-07" dataset="S" created="2009-06-16" />' );
xpath
--------------
{2009-07-07}
(1 row)

HTH

M.S.

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:03 AM, Viktor Bojović
<viktor(dot)bojovic(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi,
> while parsing this type of XML:
> <entry version="21" modified="2009-07-07" dataset="S" created="2009-06-16">
> <accession>Q91G55</accession>
>
> i tried this query to get the modified attribute
> select xpath('//entry/modified/text()',xml) from xml_sprot limit 10;
> but it doesn't work.
> So im asking if anyone can help me with that.
> Thanx in advance
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> Viktor Bojović
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