Hi,
Recently, I had some problems with queries using the XML2 module. I was able
to reproduce the odd results using the following commands:
DROP TABLE tag CASCADE;
CREATE TABLE tag ( id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, data TEXT );
INSERT INTO tag ( data ) VALUES ( 'anything' );
SELECT id, data FROM tag WHERE xpath_bool(data, '/*[/tag/name="test"]');
DROP TABLE tag CASCADE;
CREATE TABLE tag ( id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, data TEXT );
INSERT INTO tag ( data ) VALUES ( '<?xml version="1.0"
encoding="UTF-8"?><tag><name>test</name><description>testdesc</description><systemtag>1</systemtag><ownerid></ownerid></tag>'
);
SELECT id, xpath_nodeset(data, '/*[/tag/name="test" and /tag/systemtag=1]') AS
data FROM tag WHERE xpath_bool(data, '/*[/tag/name="test"
and /tag/systemtag=1]/..');
Executing them about 10/20 times in the console (sometimes, way more) shows 2
different results for the last SELECT command. And, AFAIK, there should be
only one result, no matter how many times they are executed.
I'm using postgresql 8.1 (GNU/Linux Debian testing).
Thiago Silva
PS: The following is a copy/paste of the console for both results (using
brazilian locale, sorry) in a DB called "test":
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
test=> DROP TABLE tag CASCADE;
DROP TABLE
test=> CREATE TABLE tag ( id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, data TEXT );
NOTA: CREATE TABLE criará sequência implícita "tag_id_seq" para coluna
serial "tag.id"
NOTA: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY criará índice implícito "tag_pkey" na
tabela "tag"
CREATE TABLE
test=> INSERT INTO tag ( data ) VALUES ( 'anything' );
INSERT 0 1
test=> SELECT id, data FROM tag WHERE
xpath_bool(data, '/*[/tag/name="test"]');
id | data
----+------
(0 registros)
test=> DROP TABLE tag CASCADE;
DROP TABLE
test=> CREATE TABLE tag ( id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, data TEXT );
NOTA: CREATE TABLE criará sequência implícita "tag_id_seq" para coluna
serial "tag.id"
NOTA: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY criará índice implícito "tag_pkey" na
tabela "tag"
CREATE TABLE
test=> INSERT INTO tag ( data ) VALUES ( '<?xml version="1.0"
encoding="UTF-8"?><tag><name>test</name><description>testdesc</description><systemtag>1</systemtag><ownerid></ownerid></tag>'
);
INSERT 0 1
test=> SELECT id, xpath_nodeset(data, '/*[/tag/name="test"
and /tag/systemtag=1]') AS data FROM tag WHERE
xpath_bool(data, '/*[/tag/name="test" and /tag/systemtag=1]/..');
id | data
----+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 |
<tag><name>test</name><description>testdesc</description><systemtag>1</systemtag><ownerid/></tag>
(1 registro)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
test=> DROP TABLE tag CASCADE;
DROP TABLE
test=> CREATE TABLE tag ( id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, data TEXT );
NOTA: CREATE TABLE criará sequência implícita "tag_id_seq" para coluna
serial "tag.id"
NOTA: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY criará índice implícito "tag_pkey" na
tabela "tag"
CREATE TABLE
test=> INSERT INTO tag ( data ) VALUES ( 'anything' );
INSERT 0 1
test=> SELECT id, data FROM tag WHERE
xpath_bool(data, '/*[/tag/name="test"]');
id | data
----+------
(0 registros)
test=> DROP TABLE tag CASCADE;
DROP TABLE
test=> CREATE TABLE tag ( id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, data TEXT );
NOTA: CREATE TABLE criará sequência implícita "tag_id_seq" para coluna
serial "tag.id"
NOTA: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY criará índice implícito "tag_pkey" na
tabela "tag"
CREATE TABLE
test=> INSERT INTO tag ( data ) VALUES ( '<?xml version="1.0"
encoding="UTF-8"?><tag><name>test</name><description>testdesc</description><systemtag>1</systemtag><ownerid></ownerid></tag>'
);
INSERT 0 1
test=> SELECT id, xpath_nodeset(data, '/*[/tag/name="test"
and /tag/systemtag=1]') AS data FROM tag WHERE
xpath_bool(data, '/*[/tag/name="test" and /tag/systemtag=1]/..');
id |
data
----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 |
<tag><name>test</name><description>testdesc</description><systemtag>1</systemtag><ownerid/></tag><name>test</name><description>testdesc</description><systemtag>1</systemtag><ownerid/>
(1 registro)
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