Re: xml type and encodings

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?

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Best regards,
Nikolay