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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 18 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml index b462c069900..52c28e7d74f 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml @@ -4208,9 +4208,11 @@ a0ee-bc99-9c0b-4ef8-bb6d-6bb9-bd38-0a11 <para> The <type>xml</type> type can store well-formed <quote>documents</quote>, as defined by the XML standard, as well - as <quote>content</quote> fragments, which are defined by the - production <literal>XMLDecl? content</literal> in the XML - standard. Roughly, this means that content fragments can have + as <quote>content</quote> fragments, which are defined by reference + to the more permissive + <ulink url="https://www.w3.org/TR/2010/REC-xpath-datamodel-20101214/#DocumentNode"><quote>document node</quote></ulink> + of the XQuery and XPath data model. + Roughly, this means that content fragments can have more than one top-level element or character node. The expression <literal><replaceable>xmlvalue</replaceable> IS DOCUMENT</literal> can be used to evaluate whether a particular <type>xml</type> @@ -4285,16 +4287,6 @@ SET xmloption TO { DOCUMENT | CONTENT }; data are allowed. </para> - <note> - <para> - With the default XML option setting, you cannot directly cast - character strings to type <type>xml</type> if they contain a - document type declaration, because the definition of XML content - fragment does not accept them. If you need to do that, either - use <literal>XMLPARSE</literal> or change the XML option. - </para> - </note> - </sect2> <sect2> |