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3 | 3 | <chapter id="datatype"> |
4 | 4 | <title id="datatype-title">Data Types</title> |
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3374 | 3374 | <para> |
3375 | 3375 | The data type <type>xml</type> can be used to store XML data. Its |
3376 | | - advantage over storing XML data in, say, a text field is that it |
| 3376 | + advantage over storing XML data in a <type>text</type> field is that it |
3377 | 3377 | checks the input values for well-formedness, and there are support |
3378 | 3378 | functions to perform type-safe operations on it; see <xref |
3379 | 3379 | linkend="functions-xml">. Currently, there is no support for |
3380 | 3380 | validation against a specific <acronym>XML</> schema. |
3381 | 3381 | </para> |
3382 | 3382 |
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3383 | 3383 | <para> |
3384 | | - <acronym>XML</> (Extensible Markup Language) support is not one |
3385 | | - capability, but a variety of features supported by a database |
3386 | | - system. These capabilities include storage, import/export, |
3387 | | - validation, indexing, efficiency of modification, searching, |
| 3384 | + <acronym>XML</> (Extensible Markup Language) support is not |
| 3385 | + just the existance of an <type>xml</type> data type, but a |
| 3386 | + variety of features supported by a database system. These |
| 3387 | + capabilities include import/export, indexing, searching, |
3388 | 3388 | transforming, and <acronym>XML</> to <acronym>SQL</> mapping. |
3389 | 3389 | <productname>PostgreSQL</> supports some but not all of these |
3390 | | - <acronym>XML</> capabilities. Future releases of |
3391 | | - <productname>PostgreSQL</> will continue to improve <acronym>XML</> |
3392 | | - support. For an overview of <acronym>XML</> use in databases, see <ulink |
| 3390 | + <acronym>XML</> capabilities. For an overview of <acronym>XML</> |
| 3391 | + use in databases, see <ulink |
3393 | 3392 | url="http://www.rpbourret.com/xml/XMLAndDatabases.htm"></>. |
3394 | 3393 | </para> |
3395 | 3394 |
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