XML type in PostgreSQL 8.3

[Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>]

PostgreSQL 8.3 will come with a native xml type and support functions.  
It would be nice if the JDBC driver could also make the appropriate 
additions for handling this type.  Java 6 adds the java.sql.SQLXML 
interface to encapsulate values of that type, along with 
ResultSet.getSQLXML and so on.  Documentation is here:

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/sql/SQLXML.html

The xml type in PostgreSQL CVS head should be fully functional to the 
extent that one would need for developing this support.  Initial 
documentation is here:

http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/datatype-xml.html

Maybe someone wants to tackle this, or at least make a note of it for 
the future.  Let me know how I can help.

-- 
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/