Hi, I am running postgreSQL-8.4.2. I have a table that stores a single xml document per row in one of it's fields. I would like to use xpath to retrieve portions of these xml documents. Is there a way to do so. (I am running postgreSQL 8.4.2 configured (built) with --with-libxml and --with-libxslt options) I have looked at 'xpath' but I am unable to get it work for table fields. The command below works. SELECT xpath('/doc/name/@first','<doc><name first="David" last="Marston"/>...</doc>'); The command below seems not to execute successfully SELECT a.id,xpath('/doc/name/@first',a.xml_payload) FROM staging.simple_table a WHERE a.id=1; HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need to add explicit type casts. Allan. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general