On 3/29/06, Ivan Zolotukhin <ivan.zolotukhin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 3/29/06, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Ivan Zolotukhin wrote: > > > BTW, are there any plans for its improvement? What are the first > > > steps for the people who want to contribute to PostgreSQL in this > > > field? > > > > The first step would be making a detailed analysis of what "XML support" > > is supposed to mean. > > So let's make such analysis here within PostgreSQL community! There > were a lot of talks about XML support in Postgres, but they did not > lead to any steady work in this direction. IMHO, it's time to start it > now, no? IMO, PostgreSQL has the tools to do amazing things in XML. Check out: 1. pl languages (especially pl/perl) 2. funtional indexes 3. xml contrib 4. gist indexes I agree wtih martijn. If I have XML requirement, I either store it as black box blob or preprocesss it (possibly with XSLT) into insert statements. I treat XML no differently than a CSV file for example. Merlin
