Re: XML? - Mailing list pgsql-general

It might not help in this case anyway, but it seems like the psql \H
(toggle html output) could be a starting point* for a \X (toggle XML
output) to provide a minimal XML implementation for output.

* For someone smarter than me.

Bjorn T Johansen wrote:

>Well, it helps a little (I don't have to think that much on how to
>implement the code, which is java btw... :)  )
>But I was kinda hoping for a feature like the one that Oracle has, where I
>can tell Oracle that I want the resultset from the query to be returned as
>XML. (If this is not a feature in PostgreSQL maybe it should be?)
>
>
>BTJ
>
>
>
>>Here's some PHP code I use to do just that:
>>
>><xml version="1.0">
>><?php
>>  function returnRecord($resultid, $row, $level) {
>>    $prepend = "";
>>    for ( $y = 0; $y < $level; $y++ )
>>      $prepend .= "\t";
>>
>>    $record = $prepend . "<RECORD>\n";
>>    for ( $y = 0; $y < pg_NumFields($resultid); $y++ ) {
>>      $record .= $prepend . "\t<" . pg_FieldName($resultid, $y) . ">";
>>      $data =  Trim(pg_Result($resultid, $row, $y));
>>      $data = ereg_replace("&", "&", $data);
>>      $record .= $data;
>>      $record .= "</" . pg_FieldName($resultid, $y) . ">\n";
>>    }
>>    $record .= $prepend . "</RECORD>\n";
>>    return $record;
>>  }
>>
>>  $conn = pg_Connect("my database connect string");
>>  $result = pg_Query($conn, "SELECT * FROM MY_TABLE;");
>>  $returnData = "";
>>  $rows = pg_NumRows($result);
>>  for ( $y = 0; $y < $rows; $y++ )
>>    $returnData .= returnRecord($result, $y, 1);
>>  pg_FreeResult($result);
>>  pg_Close($conn);
>>?>
>></xml>
>>
>>Hope this helps,
>>
>>Gavin
>>
>>Bjorn T Johansen wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I need to convert recordsets to XML, is there an automatic way to do this
>>>in PostgreSQL or a tool I can use? Or do I have to code this manually?
>>>
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>BTJ
>>>
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