Re: XML -> PG ? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From John R Pierce
Subject Re: XML -> PG ?
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Msg-id 4A0204F5.7040007@hogranch.com
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In response to XML -> PG ?  ("Gauthier, Dave" <dave.gauthier@intel.com>)
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Gauthier, Dave wrote:
>
> Is there a way to read an XML file into a postgres DB? I’m thinking
> that it will create and relate whatever tables are necessary to
> reflect whatever’s implied by the XML file structure.
>
> Thanks for any pointers !
>

As others have said, the fundamental problem is that generalized XML is
freeform and inherently unstructured. Every piece of data can have a
different structure. IMHO, XML is fundamentally flawed by mixing the
metadata with the data.




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