XML Functions

TDV supports a number of functions that apply to XML content.

As part of generating a valid XML element name, characters that are not allowed in XML are escaped.

The following sections provide information about escaping:

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Identifier Escaping

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Text Escaping

TDV supports the XML functions listed in the table.

XML Function	Comments
XMLAGG	See XMLAGG (where it is grouped with other aggregate functions)
XMLATTRIBUTES	See XMLATTRIBUTES
XMLCOMMENT	See XMLCOMMENT
XMLCONCAT	See XMLCONCAT
XMLDOCUMENT	See XMLDOCUMENT
XMLELEMENT	See XMLELEMENT
XML_EXTRACT	See XML_EXTRACT
XMLFOREST	See XMLFOREST
XMLNAMESPACES	See XMLNAMESPACES
XMLPI	See XMLPI
XMLQUERY	See XMLQUERY
XMLTEXT	See XMLTEXT
XPATH	See XPATH
XSLT	See XSLT

Note: The following functions are part of the ANSI specification but not supported in TDV: XMLTABLE, XMLITERATE, XMLBINARY, XMLCAST, XMLEXISTS, XMLPARSE, XMLSERIALIZE, XMLVALIDATE.