Ramesh T wrote > Hello, > when i ran following query on postgres 9.3, > SELECT xmlagg(xmlelement(name e,part_id||',')) from part; > > result > .................. > {xml} > > how to get part_id's..? please let me know .. > advance thanks, > R.. Are you using psql? What version of PostgreSQL? I am guessing "{xml}" is the client's way of saying that what you have is "XML". Try casting the final result to "text" and see what you get. Otherwise... version PostgreSQL 9.3.4 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3, 64-bit Since this: WITH vals (ids) AS ( VALUES ('1'),('2') ) SELECT xmlagg(xmlelement(name "tag", ids))::text FROM vals; works probably need to provide a self-contained example for someone to look at. -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/xml-tp5814076p5814126.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general