Re: [HACKERS] xpath_table equivalent

2009-11-21 Thread Andrew Dunstan
I wrote: The nice thing about XMLTABLE is that it adds xquery support. I think the majority of xquery engines seem to be written in Java. XQuilla is C++. I'm not sure if our licensing is compatible, but it I would love the irony of using Berkeley DB XML (formerly Sleepycat) now that its

Re: [HACKERS] xpath_table equivalent

2009-11-19 Thread Andrew Dunstan
Scott Bailey wrote: I agree that the syntax of XMLTABLE is odd. But not demonstrably worse than xpathtable. That's not saying much. I dislike both. Why the SQL committee feels the need to invent arcane special case grammar rules is beyond me. I understand why the author of xpathtable

Re: [HACKERS] xpath_table equivalent

2009-11-19 Thread Robert Haas
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:03 AM, Scott Bailey arta...@comcast.net wrote: The nice thing about XMLTABLE is that it adds xquery support. I think the majority of xquery engines seem to be written in Java. XQuilla is C++. I'm not sure if our licensing is compatible, but it I would love the irony

Re: [HACKERS] xpath_table equivalent

2009-11-19 Thread Andrew Dunstan
Robert Haas wrote: On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:03 AM, Scott Bailey arta...@comcast.net wrote: The nice thing about XMLTABLE is that it adds xquery support. I think the majority of xquery engines seem to be written in Java. XQuilla is C++. I'm not sure if our licensing is compatible, but it

Re: [HACKERS] xpath_table equivalent

2009-11-18 Thread Scott Bailey
Andrew Dunstan wrote: I've been reading over the documentation to find an alternative to the deprecated xpath_table functionality. I think it may be a possibility but I'm not seeing a clear alternative. Thanks, Chris Graner The standard is XMLTABLE and is implemented by both db2 and

Re: [HACKERS] xpath_table equivalent

2009-11-13 Thread Andrew Dunstan
Scott Bailey wrote: Chris Graner wrote: Hello, I've been reading over the documentation to find an alternative to the deprecated xpath_table functionality. I think it may be a possibility but I'm not seeing a clear alternative. Thanks, Chris Graner The standard is XMLTABLE and is

[HACKERS] xpath_table equivalent

2009-10-27 Thread Chris Graner
Hello, I've been reading over the documentation to find an alternative to the deprecated xpath_table functionality. I think it may be a possibility but I'm not seeing a clear alternative. Thanks, Chris Graner

Re: [HACKERS] xpath_table equivalent

2009-10-27 Thread Scott Bailey
Chris Graner wrote: Hello, I've been reading over the documentation to find an alternative to the deprecated xpath_table functionality. I think it may be a possibility but I'm not seeing a clear alternative. Thanks, Chris Graner The standard is XMLTABLE and is implemented by both db2 and