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Slight adjustments to xml documentation to reflect functionality just
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.182 2006/12/21 16:05:12 petere Exp $ -->
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.183 2006/12/22 22:09:31 momjian Exp $ -->
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<chapter id="datatype">
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<title id="datatype-title">Data Types</title>
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<para>
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The data type <type>xml</type> can be used to store XML data. Its
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advantage over storing XML data in, say, a text field is that it
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advantage over storing XML data in a <type>text</type> field is that it
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checks the input values for well-formedness, and there are support
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functions to perform type-safe operations on it; see <xref
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linkend="functions-xml">. Currently, there is no support for
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validation against a specific <acronym>XML</> schema.
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<para>
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<acronym>XML</> (Extensible Markup Language) support is not one
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capability, but a variety of features supported by a database
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system. These capabilities include storage, import/export,
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validation, indexing, efficiency of modification, searching,
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<acronym>XML</> (Extensible Markup Language) support is not
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just the existance of an <type>xml</type> data type, but a
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variety of features supported by a database system. These
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capabilities include import/export, indexing, searching,
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transforming, and <acronym>XML</> to <acronym>SQL</> mapping.
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<productname>PostgreSQL</> supports some but not all of these
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<acronym>XML</> capabilities. Future releases of
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<productname>PostgreSQL</> will continue to improve <acronym>XML</>
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support. For an overview of <acronym>XML</> use in databases, see <ulink
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<acronym>XML</> capabilities. For an overview of <acronym>XML</>
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use in databases, see <ulink
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url="http://www.rpbourret.com/xml/XMLAndDatabases.htm"></>.
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