SQL to follow along with the presentation at:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2402063/SQLXML-For-Postgres-Developers
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CREATE TABLE EMP
(
LAST_NAME text,
EMP_ID integer NOT NULL,
FIRST_NAME text,
DEPT_ID integer,
SALARY integer,
CONSTRAINT EMP_pkey PRIMARY KEY (EMP_ID)
)
WITH (OIDS=FALSE);
ALTER TABLE EMP OWNER TO xmluser;
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INSERT INTO
EMP(
LAST_NAME, EMP_ID, FIRST_NAME, DEPT_ID, SALARY)
VALUES
('Blow', 1, 'Joe', 1, 10000),
('Head', 2, 'Helmut', 1, 12000),
('Jack', 3, 'Noe', 1, 12000),
('Hard', 4, 'Blow', 2, 20000),
('First', 5, 'Hugo', 2, 21000),
('Spaem',6, 'Kingoof', 2, 20000),
('Ventura', 7, 'Ace', 3, 35000),
('Nickleby', 8, 'Nick', 3, 400000),
('Budd', 9, 'Billy', 4, 99000),
('Cleaver', 10, 'Wally', 4, 100000) ;
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SELECT xmlelement(name main, last_name) from emp;
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SELECT xmlelement(name main, last_name),
xmlelement(name main, first_name)
FROM emp;
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SELECT XMLForest(last_name, first_name)
FROM emp;
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SELECT xmlelement(name main,
xmlforest(last_name, first_name) )
FROM emp;
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SELECT XMLAgg(
XMLForest(last_name, first_name) )
FROM emp;
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SELECT XMLElement(name main,
XMLAgg(XMLForest(last_name, first_name) ))
FROM emp;
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SELECT XMLElement(name main, XMLAttributes(nextval('t_seq') AS rownum) )
FROM emp;
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CREATE TEMP SEQUENCE t_seq;
SELECT xmlelement(name main, xmlattributes(nextval('t_seq') AS rownum),
xmlforest(last_name, first_name) )
FROM emp;
DROP SEQUENCE t_seq;
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SELECT xmlelement(name main,
xmlforest(last_name || first_name AS fullname, salary) )
FROM emp;
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SELECT xmlelement(name main,
xmlelement(name fullname, xmlattributes(dept_id), last_name ||
first_name ),
xmlforest(salary) )
FROM emp;
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SELECT xmlelement(name main, xmlcomment('Each Name Goes Here'),
xmlforest(last_name, first_name))
FROM emp;
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SELECT xmlelement(name lastname, last_name),
xmlelement(name firstname, first_name)
FROM emp;
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SELECT xmlconcat(
xmlelement(name lastname, last_name),
xmlelement(name firstname, first_name) )
FROM emp;
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SELECT xmlelement(name main, xmlconcat(
xmlelement(name lastname, last_name),
xmlelement(name firstname, first_name) ) )
FROM emp;
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CREATE TABLE xmltab (col1 XML);
INSERT INTO xmltab (
SELECT xmlelement(name main, xmlconcat(
xmlelement(name lastname, last_name),
xmlelement(name firstname, first_name) ) )
FROM emp);
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SELECT * FROM xmltab;
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SELECT xpath('/main/firstname/text()', col1) FROM xmltab;
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SELECT textcol[1] FROM (
SELECT xpath('/main/firstname/text()', col1) AS textcol
FROM xmltab ) AS xmlsource;
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select query_to_xml('select * from emp', TRUE, TRUE, 'scott');
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select table_to_xml('emp', TRUE, TRUE, 'scott');
