As a follow-up, when I try to create the index like this... CREATE INDEX concurrently idx_object_nodeid2 ON object USING btree( xpath('/a:root/a:Identification/b:ObjectId/text()', serialized_object, ARRAY [ ARRAY['a', 'http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Objects'], ARRAY['b', 'http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Security'] ]) ) ; The index begins to build but fails after about 90 seconds with this error: ERROR: could not identify a comparison function for type xml SQL state: 42883 Robert Haas wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:06 PM, astro77<astro_coder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I was receiving an error that an XML field does not support the various >> indexes available in postgresql. > > Please post what happens when you try. > >> Is there an example of how to do this >> properly? > > Not sure. > > ...Robert > > -- > Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Slow-select-times-on-select-with-xpath-tp25259351p25530455.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - performance mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance