http://blogs.divisibleprime.com/ronin/articles/2006/08/16/postgresql-xml-gentoo en-us 40 Stuff <p>Quick howto on setting up the XML Support in Postgreqsql on Gentoo.</p> <p>Need to emerge postgresql with xml support on</p> <pre><code>USE="xml" emerge -vp postgresql </code></pre> <p>Make sure xml is being used.</p> <pre><code>[ebuild R ] dev-db/postgresql-8.0.8 USE="nls pam perl python readline ssl xml zlib -doc -kerberos -libg++ -pg-hier -pg-intdatetime -tcl -tk" 0 kB </code></pre> <p>Restart postgresql.</p> <pre><code>/etc/init.d/postgresql restart </code></pre> <p>Connect to the database as the admin user so you can install the Xml libraries. </p> <pre><code>psql -U postgres &lt;dbname&gt; </code></pre> <p>Install the libraries</p> <pre><code>\i /usr/share/postgresql/contrib/pgxml.sql </code></pre> <p>You should see a whole bunch of CREATE FUNCTION lines echo out and then your good to go.</p> <p>Tomorrow: A quick look at what you can do to get started using it. </p> <p>For those who want to get started straight away <a href="http://www.throwingbeans.org/postgresql_and_xml.html">This</a> site has the low down.</p> Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:39:00 +0100 urn:uuid:de6026fe-5769-4e92-8cd4-00b80284abc5 Kerry http://blogs.divisibleprime.com/ronin/articles/2006/08/16/postgresql-xml-gentoo Tech Postgresql