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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2006-12-22 22:09:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2006-12-22 22:09:31 +0000 |
| commit | 03d2a1c688cf00cbfeb513f33094965a3ae41ff0 (patch) | |
| tree | 304e5b049a32ee2f2edd94df29459529631900e9 | |
| parent | 2c0efff2a08d591fd287b24b0bc1c8993d76adb1 (diff) | |
| download | postgresql-03d2a1c688cf00cbfeb513f33094965a3ae41ff0.tar.gz postgresql-03d2a1c688cf00cbfeb513f33094965a3ae41ff0.zip | |
Slight adjustments to xml documentation to reflect functionality just
added.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 17 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml index f68714bd20f..34af82629ed 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.182 2006/12/21 16:05:12 petere Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.183 2006/12/22 22:09:31 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="datatype"> <title id="datatype-title">Data Types</title> @@ -3373,7 +3373,7 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_attribute <para> The data type <type>xml</type> can be used to store XML data. Its - advantage over storing XML data in, say, a text field is that it + advantage over storing XML data in a <type>text</type> field is that it checks the input values for well-formedness, and there are support functions to perform type-safe operations on it; see <xref linkend="functions-xml">. Currently, there is no support for @@ -3381,15 +3381,14 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_attribute </para> <para> - <acronym>XML</> (Extensible Markup Language) support is not one - capability, but a variety of features supported by a database - system. These capabilities include storage, import/export, - validation, indexing, efficiency of modification, searching, + <acronym>XML</> (Extensible Markup Language) support is not + just the existance of an <type>xml</type> data type, but a + variety of features supported by a database system. These + capabilities include import/export, indexing, searching, transforming, and <acronym>XML</> to <acronym>SQL</> mapping. <productname>PostgreSQL</> supports some but not all of these - <acronym>XML</> capabilities. Future releases of - <productname>PostgreSQL</> will continue to improve <acronym>XML</> - support. For an overview of <acronym>XML</> use in databases, see <ulink + <acronym>XML</> capabilities. For an overview of <acronym>XML</> + use in databases, see <ulink url="http://www.rpbourret.com/xml/XMLAndDatabases.htm"></>. </para> |