Re: Extract text from XML, pay attention to XML Entities

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Färber, Franz-Josef (StMUK) <Franz-Josef(dot)Faerber(at)stmuk(dot)bayern(dot)de>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Extract text from XML, pay attention to XML Entities
Date: 2026-10-20 13:26:29
Message-ID: CAKFQuwZNsC7Z88QEy9s8twM29dLGOPsyKvrEW9Pb8uWiPxq=yw@mail.gmail.com
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On Tuesday, October 20, 2026, Färber, Franz-Josef (StMUK) <
Franz-Josef(dot)Faerber(at)stmuk(dot)bayern(dot)de> wrote:

> Dear Mailing List,
>
> any attention to this post?
>
> I claim there is no sane way to un-escape xml text besides
> xml2.xpath_string, which is deprecated.
>
>
You might need to scratch your own itch…though the fact we are in the final
month of the new release and have a flood of bug reports to deal with for
existing features doesn’t bode well for something like this getting
meaningful attention right now.

David J.

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