Commit 03d2a1c6 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Slight adjustments to xml documentation to reflect functionality just

added.
parent 2c0efff2
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<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>
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