Re: patch: function xmltable - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Pavel Stehule
Subject Re: patch: function xmltable
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Msg-id CAFj8pRBTW7VTdYVpACOUsHA3GWy+8iU+_UutsbLMyLHgLoxTRQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: patch: function xmltable  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: patch: function xmltable  (Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Hi

There is some opened questions - the standard (and some other databases) requires entering XPath expression as string literal.

I am thinking so it is too strong not necessary limit - (it enforces dynamic query in more cases), so I allowed the expressions there.

Another questions is when these expressions should be evaluated. There are two possibilities - once per query, once per input row. I selected "once per input row mode" - it is simpler to implement it, and it is consistent with other "similar" generators - see the behave and related discussion to "array_to_string" and evaluation of separator argument. The switch to "once per query" should not be hard - but it can be strange for users, because some his volatile expression should be stable.

Regards

Pavel

 

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