Using postgresql v8.3 and xml xpath query function and having trouble with xmlns. Note: the select statements were originally all on a single line.
The xpath function works ok if the xmlns attributes are missing.
select xpath('/gpx', '<gpx version="1.0" creator="GPSBabel -
http://www.gpsbabel.org">abc</gpx>');
xpath
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{"<gpx version=\"1.0\" creator=\"GPSBabel -
http://www.gpsbabel.org\">abc</gpx>"}
(1 row)
The xpath function gives no result when xmlns attributes are supplied.
select xpath('/gpx', '<gpx xmlns:xsi="
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="
http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0" version="1.0" creator="GPSBabel -
http://www.gpsbabel.org" xsi:schemaLocation="
http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0/gpx.xsd">abc</gpx>');
xpath
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{}
(1 row)
Setting the optional name space attributes for the xpath function also gives no results.
select xpath('/gpx', '<gpx xmlns:xsi="
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="
http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0" version="1.0" creator="GPSBabel -
http://www.gpsbabel.org" xsi:schemaLocation="
http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0/gpx.xsd">abc</gpx>', array[array['xsi','
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'],array['','
http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0']]);
xpath
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{}
(1 row)
Suggestions?
-Frank