PostgreSQL 8.3 will come with a native xml type and support functions.
It would be nice if the JDBC driver could also make the appropriate
additions for handling this type. Java 6 adds the java.sql.SQLXML
interface to encapsulate values of that type, along with
ResultSet.getSQLXML and so on. Documentation is here:
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/sql/SQLXML.html
The xml type in PostgreSQL CVS head should be fully functional to the
extent that one would need for developing this support. Initial
documentation is here:
http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/datatype-xml.html
Maybe someone wants to tackle this, or at least make a note of it for
the future. Let me know how I can help.
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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
