postgresqlHow do I parse XML data using PostgreSQL?
PostgreSQL can parse XML data using the xml
data type and several functions and operators that are available to work with it.
To parse XML data, you need to first convert it into the xml
data type. This can be done using the xmlparse
function. For example:
SELECT xmlparse(document '<note>
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>');
The output of this code will be:
xmlparse
---------------
<note>
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>
(1 row)
Once the XML data is in the xml
data type, you can use the xpath
function to extract values from the XML. For example:
SELECT xpath('/note/to/text()', xmlparse(document '<note>
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>'));
The output of this code will be:
xpath
-------
Tove
(1 row)
You can also use the xmlexists
function to check if a certain node exists in the XML. For example:
SELECT xmlexists('/note/from[text() = "Jani"]'
PASSING BY VALUE xmlparse(document '<note>
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>'));
The output of this code will be:
xmlexists
-----------
t
(1 row)
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