Thread: xml plans for postgres?

Recently Postgres has added a data type 'xml' which allows for
a well formed document to be inserted as a column in a Postgres database.
At the moment it doesnot have much utility, you can *almost* get the
same thing done with a text column.  It's obviously the first step.

Is there a document  that describes the direction Postgres
will take relative to xml technology?  XQuery, XUpdate and XSLT
are very different approaches that could compliment or severely disrupt
Postgres' evolution.

I personally am very excited about the potential but I'd like to get
the pulse of the community.

Thank you,

-g

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Greg Fausak
greg@thursday.com

On Sunday 24 August 2008 19:19:24 Greg Fausak wrote:
> Is there a document  that describes the direction Postgres
> will take relative to xml technology?

There is some information at http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/XML_Todo, but
these items are mainly aiming to complete the approach taken in 8.3.  As for
major new directions, this is basically up to user demand and contributing
resources.