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@@ -0,0 +1,1533 @@
+CREATE TABLE xmltest (
+    id int,
+    data xml
+);
+INSERT INTO xmltest VALUES (1, '<value>one</value>');
+INSERT INTO xmltest VALUES (2, '<value>two</value>');
+INSERT INTO xmltest VALUES (3, '<wrong');
+ERROR:  invalid XML content
+LINE 1: INSERT INTO xmltest VALUES (3, '<wrong');
+                                       ^
+DETAIL:  line 1: Couldn't find end of Start Tag wrong line 1
+<wrong
+      ^
+SELECT * FROM xmltest;
+ id |        data        
+----+--------------------
+  1 | <value>one</value>
+  2 | <value>two</value>
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT xmlcomment('test');
+ xmlcomment  
+-------------
+ <!--test-->
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlcomment('-test');
+  xmlcomment  
+--------------
+ <!---test-->
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlcomment('test-');
+ERROR:  invalid XML comment
+SELECT xmlcomment('--test');
+ERROR:  invalid XML comment
+SELECT xmlcomment('te st');
+  xmlcomment  
+--------------
+ <!--te st-->
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlconcat(xmlcomment('hello'),
+                 xmlelement(NAME qux, 'foo'),
+                 xmlcomment('world'));
+               xmlconcat                
+----------------------------------------
+ <!--hello--><qux>foo</qux><!--world-->
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlconcat('hello', 'you');
+ xmlconcat 
+-----------
+ helloyou
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlconcat(1, 2);
+ERROR:  argument of XMLCONCAT must be type xml, not type integer
+LINE 1: SELECT xmlconcat(1, 2);
+                         ^
+SELECT xmlconcat('bad', '<syntax');
+ERROR:  invalid XML content
+LINE 1: SELECT xmlconcat('bad', '<syntax');
+                                ^
+DETAIL:  line 1: Couldn't find end of Start Tag syntax line 1
+<syntax
+       ^
+SELECT xmlconcat('<foo/>', NULL, '<?xml version="1.1" standalone="no"?><bar/>');
+  xmlconcat   
+--------------
+ <foo/><bar/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlconcat('<?xml version="1.1"?><foo/>', NULL, '<?xml version="1.1" standalone="no"?><bar/>');
+             xmlconcat             
+-----------------------------------
+ <?xml version="1.1"?><foo/><bar/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlconcat(NULL);
+ xmlconcat 
+-----------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlconcat(NULL, NULL);
+ xmlconcat 
+-----------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlelement(name element,
+                  xmlattributes (1 as one, 'deuce' as two),
+                  'content');
+                   xmlelement                   
+------------------------------------------------
+ <element one="1" two="deuce">content</element>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlelement(name element,
+                  xmlattributes ('unnamed and wrong'));
+ERROR:  unnamed XML attribute value must be a column reference
+LINE 2:                   xmlattributes ('unnamed and wrong'));
+                                         ^
+SELECT xmlelement(name element, xmlelement(name nested, 'stuff'));
+                xmlelement                 
+-------------------------------------------
+ <element><nested>stuff</nested></element>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlelement(name employee, xmlforest(name, age, salary as pay)) FROM emp;
+                              xmlelement                              
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ <employee><name>sharon</name><age>25</age><pay>1000</pay></employee>
+ <employee><name>sam</name><age>30</age><pay>2000</pay></employee>
+ <employee><name>bill</name><age>20</age><pay>1000</pay></employee>
+ <employee><name>jeff</name><age>23</age><pay>600</pay></employee>
+ <employee><name>cim</name><age>30</age><pay>400</pay></employee>
+ <employee><name>linda</name><age>19</age><pay>100</pay></employee>
+(6 rows)
+
+SELECT xmlelement(name duplicate, xmlattributes(1 as a, 2 as b, 3 as a));
+ERROR:  XML attribute name "a" appears more than once
+LINE 1: ...ment(name duplicate, xmlattributes(1 as a, 2 as b, 3 as a));
+                                                              ^
+SELECT xmlelement(name num, 37);
+  xmlelement   
+---------------
+ <num>37</num>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlelement(name foo, text 'bar');
+   xmlelement   
+----------------
+ <foo>bar</foo>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlelement(name foo, xml 'bar');
+   xmlelement   
+----------------
+ <foo>bar</foo>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlelement(name foo, text 'b<a/>r');
+       xmlelement        
+-------------------------
+ <foo>b&lt;a/&gt;r</foo>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlelement(name foo, xml 'b<a/>r');
+    xmlelement     
+-------------------
+ <foo>b<a/>r</foo>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlelement(name foo, array[1, 2, 3]);
+                               xmlelement                                
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ <foo><element>1</element><element>2</element><element>3</element></foo>
+(1 row)
+
+SET xmlbinary TO base64;
+SELECT xmlelement(name foo, bytea 'bar');
+   xmlelement    
+-----------------
+ <foo>YmFy</foo>
+(1 row)
+
+SET xmlbinary TO hex;
+SELECT xmlelement(name foo, bytea 'bar');
+    xmlelement     
+-------------------
+ <foo>626172</foo>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlelement(name foo, xmlattributes(true as bar));
+    xmlelement     
+-------------------
+ <foo bar="true"/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlelement(name foo, xmlattributes('2009-04-09 00:24:37'::timestamp as bar));
+            xmlelement            
+----------------------------------
+ <foo bar="2009-04-09T00:24:37"/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlelement(name foo, xmlattributes('infinity'::timestamp as bar));
+ERROR:  timestamp out of range
+DETAIL:  XML does not support infinite timestamp values.
+SELECT xmlelement(name foo, xmlattributes('<>&"''' as funny, xml 'b<a/>r' as funnier));
+                         xmlelement                         
+------------------------------------------------------------
+ <foo funny="&lt;&gt;&amp;&quot;'" funnier="b&lt;a/&gt;r"/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlparse(content '');
+ xmlparse 
+----------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlparse(content '  ');
+ xmlparse 
+----------
+   
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlparse(content 'abc');
+ xmlparse 
+----------
+ abc
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlparse(content '<abc>x</abc>');
+   xmlparse   
+--------------
+ <abc>x</abc>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlparse(content '<invalidentity>&</invalidentity>');
+ERROR:  invalid XML content
+DETAIL:  line 1: xmlParseEntityRef: no name
+<invalidentity>&</invalidentity>
+                ^
+SELECT xmlparse(content '<undefinedentity>&idontexist;</undefinedentity>');
+ERROR:  invalid XML content
+DETAIL:  line 1: Entity 'idontexist' not defined
+<undefinedentity>&idontexist;</undefinedentity>
+                             ^
+SELECT xmlparse(content '<invalidns xmlns=''&lt;''/>');
+         xmlparse          
+---------------------------
+ <invalidns xmlns='&lt;'/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlparse(content '<relativens xmlns=''relative''/>');
+            xmlparse            
+--------------------------------
+ <relativens xmlns='relative'/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlparse(content '<twoerrors>&idontexist;</unbalanced>');
+ERROR:  invalid XML content
+DETAIL:  line 1: Entity 'idontexist' not defined
+<twoerrors>&idontexist;</unbalanced>
+                       ^
+line 1: Opening and ending tag mismatch: twoerrors line 1 and unbalanced
+<twoerrors>&idontexist;</unbalanced>
+                                    ^
+SELECT xmlparse(content '<nosuchprefix:tag/>');
+      xmlparse       
+---------------------
+ <nosuchprefix:tag/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlparse(document '   ');
+ERROR:  invalid XML document
+DETAIL:  line 1: Start tag expected, '<' not found
+   
+   ^
+SELECT xmlparse(document 'abc');
+ERROR:  invalid XML document
+DETAIL:  line 1: Start tag expected, '<' not found
+abc
+^
+SELECT xmlparse(document '<abc>x</abc>');
+   xmlparse   
+--------------
+ <abc>x</abc>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlparse(document '<invalidentity>&</abc>');
+ERROR:  invalid XML document
+DETAIL:  line 1: xmlParseEntityRef: no name
+<invalidentity>&</abc>
+                ^
+line 1: Opening and ending tag mismatch: invalidentity line 1 and abc
+<invalidentity>&</abc>
+                      ^
+SELECT xmlparse(document '<undefinedentity>&idontexist;</abc>');
+ERROR:  invalid XML document
+DETAIL:  line 1: Entity 'idontexist' not defined
+<undefinedentity>&idontexist;</abc>
+                             ^
+line 1: Opening and ending tag mismatch: undefinedentity line 1 and abc
+<undefinedentity>&idontexist;</abc>
+                                   ^
+SELECT xmlparse(document '<invalidns xmlns=''&lt;''/>');
+         xmlparse          
+---------------------------
+ <invalidns xmlns='&lt;'/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlparse(document '<relativens xmlns=''relative''/>');
+            xmlparse            
+--------------------------------
+ <relativens xmlns='relative'/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlparse(document '<twoerrors>&idontexist;</unbalanced>');
+ERROR:  invalid XML document
+DETAIL:  line 1: Entity 'idontexist' not defined
+<twoerrors>&idontexist;</unbalanced>
+                       ^
+line 1: Opening and ending tag mismatch: twoerrors line 1 and unbalanced
+<twoerrors>&idontexist;</unbalanced>
+                                    ^
+SELECT xmlparse(document '<nosuchprefix:tag/>');
+      xmlparse       
+---------------------
+ <nosuchprefix:tag/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlpi(name foo);
+  xmlpi  
+---------
+ <?foo?>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlpi(name xml);
+ERROR:  invalid XML processing instruction
+DETAIL:  XML processing instruction target name cannot be "xml".
+SELECT xmlpi(name xmlstuff);
+    xmlpi     
+--------------
+ <?xmlstuff?>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlpi(name foo, 'bar');
+    xmlpi    
+-------------
+ <?foo bar?>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlpi(name foo, 'in?>valid');
+ERROR:  invalid XML processing instruction
+DETAIL:  XML processing instruction cannot contain "?>".
+SELECT xmlpi(name foo, null);
+ xmlpi 
+-------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlpi(name xml, null);
+ERROR:  invalid XML processing instruction
+DETAIL:  XML processing instruction target name cannot be "xml".
+SELECT xmlpi(name xmlstuff, null);
+ xmlpi 
+-------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlpi(name "xml-stylesheet", 'href="mystyle.css" type="text/css"');
+                         xmlpi                         
+-------------------------------------------------------
+ <?xml-stylesheet href="mystyle.css" type="text/css"?>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlpi(name foo, '   bar');
+    xmlpi    
+-------------
+ <?foo bar?>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlroot(xml '<foo/>', version no value, standalone no value);
+ xmlroot 
+---------
+ <foo/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlroot(xml '<foo/>', version '2.0');
+           xmlroot           
+-----------------------------
+ <?xml version="2.0"?><foo/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlroot(xml '<foo/>', version no value, standalone yes);
+                   xmlroot                    
+----------------------------------------------
+ <?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?><foo/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlroot(xml '<?xml version="1.1"?><foo/>', version no value, standalone yes);
+                   xmlroot                    
+----------------------------------------------
+ <?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?><foo/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlroot(xmlroot(xml '<foo/>', version '1.0'), version '1.1', standalone no);
+                   xmlroot                   
+---------------------------------------------
+ <?xml version="1.1" standalone="no"?><foo/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlroot('<?xml version="1.1" standalone="yes"?><foo/>', version no value, standalone no);
+                   xmlroot                   
+---------------------------------------------
+ <?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?><foo/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlroot('<?xml version="1.1" standalone="yes"?><foo/>', version no value, standalone no value);
+ xmlroot 
+---------
+ <foo/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlroot('<?xml version="1.1" standalone="yes"?><foo/>', version no value);
+                   xmlroot                    
+----------------------------------------------
+ <?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?><foo/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlroot (
+  xmlelement (
+    name gazonk,
+    xmlattributes (
+      'val' AS name,
+      1 + 1 AS num
+    ),
+    xmlelement (
+      NAME qux,
+      'foo'
+    )
+  ),
+  version '1.0',
+  standalone yes
+);
+                                         xmlroot                                          
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ <?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?><gazonk name="val" num="2"><qux>foo</qux></gazonk>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlserialize(content data as character varying(20)) FROM xmltest;
+    xmlserialize    
+--------------------
+ <value>one</value>
+ <value>two</value>
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT xmlserialize(content 'good' as char(10));
+ xmlserialize 
+--------------
+ good      
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlserialize(document 'bad' as text);
+ERROR:  not an XML document
+SELECT xml '<foo>bar</foo>' IS DOCUMENT;
+ ?column? 
+----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml '<foo>bar</foo><bar>foo</bar>' IS DOCUMENT;
+ ?column? 
+----------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml '<abc/>' IS NOT DOCUMENT;
+ ?column? 
+----------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml 'abc' IS NOT DOCUMENT;
+ ?column? 
+----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT '<>' IS NOT DOCUMENT;
+ERROR:  invalid XML content
+LINE 1: SELECT '<>' IS NOT DOCUMENT;
+               ^
+DETAIL:  line 1: StartTag: invalid element name
+<>
+ ^
+SELECT xmlagg(data) FROM xmltest;
+                xmlagg                
+--------------------------------------
+ <value>one</value><value>two</value>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlagg(data) FROM xmltest WHERE id > 10;
+ xmlagg 
+--------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlelement(name employees, xmlagg(xmlelement(name name, name))) FROM emp;
+                                                           xmlelement                                                           
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ <employees><name>sharon</name><name>sam</name><name>bill</name><name>jeff</name><name>cim</name><name>linda</name></employees>
+(1 row)
+
+-- Check mapping SQL identifier to XML name
+SELECT xmlpi(name ":::_xml_abc135.%-&_");
+                      xmlpi                      
+-------------------------------------------------
+ <?_x003A_::_x005F_xml_abc135._x0025_-_x0026__?>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlpi(name "123");
+     xmlpi     
+---------------
+ <?_x0031_23?>
+(1 row)
+
+PREPARE foo (xml) AS SELECT xmlconcat('<foo/>', $1);
+SET XML OPTION DOCUMENT;
+EXECUTE foo ('<bar/>');
+  xmlconcat   
+--------------
+ <foo/><bar/>
+(1 row)
+
+EXECUTE foo ('bad');
+ERROR:  invalid XML document
+LINE 1: EXECUTE foo ('bad');
+                     ^
+DETAIL:  line 1: Start tag expected, '<' not found
+bad
+^
+SELECT xml '<!DOCTYPE a><a/><b/>';
+ERROR:  invalid XML document
+LINE 1: SELECT xml '<!DOCTYPE a><a/><b/>';
+                   ^
+DETAIL:  line 1: Extra content at the end of the document
+<!DOCTYPE a><a/><b/>
+                ^
+SET XML OPTION CONTENT;
+EXECUTE foo ('<bar/>');
+  xmlconcat   
+--------------
+ <foo/><bar/>
+(1 row)
+
+EXECUTE foo ('good');
+ xmlconcat  
+------------
+ <foo/>good
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml '<!-- in SQL:2006+ a doc is content too--> <?y z?> <!DOCTYPE a><a/>';
+                                xml                                 
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+ <!-- in SQL:2006+ a doc is content too--> <?y z?> <!DOCTYPE a><a/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml '<?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- hi--> <!DOCTYPE a><a/>';
+             xml              
+------------------------------
+  <!-- hi--> <!DOCTYPE a><a/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml '<!DOCTYPE a><a/>';
+       xml        
+------------------
+ <!DOCTYPE a><a/>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml '<!-- hi--> oops <!DOCTYPE a><a/>';
+ERROR:  invalid XML content
+LINE 1: SELECT xml '<!-- hi--> oops <!DOCTYPE a><a/>';
+                   ^
+DETAIL:  line 1: StartTag: invalid element name
+<!-- hi--> oops <!DOCTYPE a><a/>
+                 ^
+SELECT xml '<!-- hi--> <oops/> <!DOCTYPE a><a/>';
+ERROR:  invalid XML content
+LINE 1: SELECT xml '<!-- hi--> <oops/> <!DOCTYPE a><a/>';
+                   ^
+DETAIL:  line 1: StartTag: invalid element name
+<!-- hi--> <oops/> <!DOCTYPE a><a/>
+                    ^
+SELECT xml '<!DOCTYPE a><a/><b/>';
+ERROR:  invalid XML content
+LINE 1: SELECT xml '<!DOCTYPE a><a/><b/>';
+                   ^
+DETAIL:  line 1: Extra content at the end of the document
+<!DOCTYPE a><a/><b/>
+                ^
+-- Test backwards parsing
+CREATE VIEW xmlview1 AS SELECT xmlcomment('test');
+CREATE VIEW xmlview2 AS SELECT xmlconcat('hello', 'you');
+CREATE VIEW xmlview3 AS SELECT xmlelement(name element, xmlattributes (1 as ":one:", 'deuce' as two), 'content&');
+CREATE VIEW xmlview4 AS SELECT xmlelement(name employee, xmlforest(name, age, salary as pay)) FROM emp;
+CREATE VIEW xmlview5 AS SELECT xmlparse(content '<abc>x</abc>');
+CREATE VIEW xmlview6 AS SELECT xmlpi(name foo, 'bar');
+CREATE VIEW xmlview7 AS SELECT xmlroot(xml '<foo/>', version no value, standalone yes);
+CREATE VIEW xmlview8 AS SELECT xmlserialize(content 'good' as char(10));
+CREATE VIEW xmlview9 AS SELECT xmlserialize(content 'good' as text);
+SELECT table_name, view_definition FROM information_schema.views
+  WHERE table_name LIKE 'xmlview%' ORDER BY 1;
+ table_name |                                                  view_definition                                                  
+------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ xmlview1   |  SELECT xmlcomment('test'::text) AS xmlcomment;
+ xmlview2   |  SELECT XMLCONCAT('hello'::xml, 'you'::xml) AS "xmlconcat";
+ xmlview3   |  SELECT XMLELEMENT(NAME element, XMLATTRIBUTES(1 AS ":one:", 'deuce' AS two), 'content&') AS "xmlelement";
+ xmlview4   |  SELECT XMLELEMENT(NAME employee, XMLFOREST(emp.name AS name, emp.age AS age, emp.salary AS pay)) AS "xmlelement"+
+            |    FROM emp;
+ xmlview5   |  SELECT XMLPARSE(CONTENT '<abc>x</abc>'::text STRIP WHITESPACE) AS "xmlparse";
+ xmlview6   |  SELECT XMLPI(NAME foo, 'bar'::text) AS "xmlpi";
+ xmlview7   |  SELECT XMLROOT('<foo/>'::xml, VERSION NO VALUE, STANDALONE YES) AS "xmlroot";
+ xmlview8   |  SELECT (XMLSERIALIZE(CONTENT 'good'::xml AS character(10)))::character(10) AS "xmlserialize";
+ xmlview9   |  SELECT XMLSERIALIZE(CONTENT 'good'::xml AS text) AS "xmlserialize";
+(9 rows)
+
+-- Text XPath expressions evaluation
+SELECT xpath('/value', data) FROM xmltest;
+        xpath         
+----------------------
+ {<value>one</value>}
+ {<value>two</value>}
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT xpath(NULL, NULL) IS NULL FROM xmltest;
+ ?column? 
+----------
+ t
+ t
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT xpath('', '<!-- error -->');
+ERROR:  empty XPath expression
+CONTEXT:  SQL function "xpath" statement 1
+SELECT xpath('//text()', '<local:data xmlns:local="http://127.0.0.1"><local:piece id="1">number one</local:piece><local:piece id="2" /></local:data>');
+     xpath      
+----------------
+ {"number one"}
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xpath('//loc:piece/@id', '<local:data xmlns:local="http://127.0.0.1"><local:piece id="1">number one</local:piece><local:piece id="2" /></local:data>', ARRAY[ARRAY['loc', 'http://127.0.0.1']]);
+ xpath 
+-------
+ {1,2}
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xpath('//loc:piece', '<local:data xmlns:local="http://127.0.0.1"><local:piece id="1">number one</local:piece><local:piece id="2" /></local:data>', ARRAY[ARRAY['loc', 'http://127.0.0.1']]);
+                                                                     xpath                                                                      
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ {"<local:piece xmlns:local=\"http://127.0.0.1\" id=\"1\">number one</local:piece>","<local:piece xmlns:local=\"http://127.0.0.1\" id=\"2\"/>"}
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xpath('//loc:piece', '<local:data xmlns:local="http://127.0.0.1" xmlns="http://127.0.0.2"><local:piece id="1"><internal>number one</internal><internal2/></local:piece><local:piece id="2" /></local:data>', ARRAY[ARRAY['loc', 'http://127.0.0.1']]);
+                                        xpath                                         
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ {"<local:piece xmlns:local=\"http://127.0.0.1\" xmlns=\"http://127.0.0.2\" id=\"1\">+
+   <internal>number one</internal>                                                   +
+   <internal2/>                                                                      +
+ </local:piece>","<local:piece xmlns:local=\"http://127.0.0.1\" id=\"2\"/>"}
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xpath('//b', '<a>one <b>two</b> three <b>etc</b></a>');
+          xpath          
+-------------------------
+ {<b>two</b>,<b>etc</b>}
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xpath('//text()', '<root>&lt;</root>');
+ xpath  
+--------
+ {&lt;}
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xpath('//@value', '<root value="&lt;"/>');
+ xpath  
+--------
+ {&lt;}
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xpath('''<<invalid>>''', '<root/>');
+           xpath           
+---------------------------
+ {&lt;&lt;invalid&gt;&gt;}
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xpath('count(//*)', '<root><sub/><sub/></root>');
+ xpath 
+-------
+ {3}
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xpath('count(//*)=0', '<root><sub/><sub/></root>');
+  xpath  
+---------
+ {false}
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xpath('count(//*)=3', '<root><sub/><sub/></root>');
+ xpath  
+--------
+ {true}
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xpath('name(/*)', '<root><sub/><sub/></root>');
+ xpath  
+--------
+ {root}
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xpath('/nosuchtag', '<root/>');
+ xpath 
+-------
+ {}
+(1 row)
+
+-- Round-trip non-ASCII data through xpath().
+DO $$
+DECLARE
+  xml_declaration text := '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>';
+  degree_symbol text;
+  res xml[];
+BEGIN
+  -- Per the documentation, except when the server encoding is UTF8, xpath()
+  -- may not work on non-ASCII data.  The untranslatable_character and
+  -- undefined_function traps below, currently dead code, will become relevant
+  -- if we remove this limitation.
+  IF current_setting('server_encoding') <> 'UTF8' THEN
+    RAISE LOG 'skip: encoding % unsupported for xpath',
+      current_setting('server_encoding');
+    RETURN;
+  END IF;
+
+  degree_symbol := convert_from('\xc2b0', 'UTF8');
+  res := xpath('text()', (xml_declaration ||
+    '<x>' || degree_symbol || '</x>')::xml);
+  IF degree_symbol <> res[1]::text THEN
+    RAISE 'expected % (%), got % (%)',
+      degree_symbol, convert_to(degree_symbol, 'UTF8'),
+      res[1], convert_to(res[1]::text, 'UTF8');
+  END IF;
+EXCEPTION
+  -- character with byte sequence 0xc2 0xb0 in encoding "UTF8" has no equivalent in encoding "LATIN8"
+  WHEN untranslatable_character
+  -- default conversion function for encoding "UTF8" to "MULE_INTERNAL" does not exist
+  OR undefined_function
+  -- unsupported XML feature
+  OR feature_not_supported THEN
+    RAISE LOG 'skip: %', SQLERRM;
+END
+$$;
+-- Test xmlexists and xpath_exists
+SELECT xmlexists('//town[text() = ''Toronto'']' PASSING BY REF '<towns><town>Bidford-on-Avon</town><town>Cwmbran</town><town>Bristol</town></towns>');
+ xmlexists 
+-----------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlexists('//town[text() = ''Cwmbran'']' PASSING BY REF '<towns><town>Bidford-on-Avon</town><town>Cwmbran</town><town>Bristol</town></towns>');
+ xmlexists 
+-----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xmlexists('count(/nosuchtag)' PASSING BY REF '<root/>');
+ xmlexists 
+-----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xpath_exists('//town[text() = ''Toronto'']','<towns><town>Bidford-on-Avon</town><town>Cwmbran</town><town>Bristol</town></towns>'::xml);
+ xpath_exists 
+--------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xpath_exists('//town[text() = ''Cwmbran'']','<towns><town>Bidford-on-Avon</town><town>Cwmbran</town><town>Bristol</town></towns>'::xml);
+ xpath_exists 
+--------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xpath_exists('count(/nosuchtag)', '<root/>'::xml);
+ xpath_exists 
+--------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+INSERT INTO xmltest VALUES (4, '<menu><beers><name>Budvar</name><cost>free</cost><name>Carling</name><cost>lots</cost></beers></menu>'::xml);
+INSERT INTO xmltest VALUES (5, '<menu><beers><name>Molson</name><cost>free</cost><name>Carling</name><cost>lots</cost></beers></menu>'::xml);
+INSERT INTO xmltest VALUES (6, '<myns:menu xmlns:myns="http://myns.com"><myns:beers><myns:name>Budvar</myns:name><myns:cost>free</myns:cost><myns:name>Carling</myns:name><myns:cost>lots</myns:cost></myns:beers></myns:menu>'::xml);
+INSERT INTO xmltest VALUES (7, '<myns:menu xmlns:myns="http://myns.com"><myns:beers><myns:name>Molson</myns:name><myns:cost>free</myns:cost><myns:name>Carling</myns:name><myns:cost>lots</myns:cost></myns:beers></myns:menu>'::xml);
+SELECT COUNT(id) FROM xmltest WHERE xmlexists('/menu/beer' PASSING data);
+ count 
+-------
+     0
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT COUNT(id) FROM xmltest WHERE xmlexists('/menu/beer' PASSING BY REF data BY REF);
+ count 
+-------
+     0
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT COUNT(id) FROM xmltest WHERE xmlexists('/menu/beers' PASSING BY REF data);
+ count 
+-------
+     2
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT COUNT(id) FROM xmltest WHERE xmlexists('/menu/beers/name[text() = ''Molson'']' PASSING BY REF data);
+ count 
+-------
+     1
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT COUNT(id) FROM xmltest WHERE xpath_exists('/menu/beer',data);
+ count 
+-------
+     0
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT COUNT(id) FROM xmltest WHERE xpath_exists('/menu/beers',data);
+ count 
+-------
+     2
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT COUNT(id) FROM xmltest WHERE xpath_exists('/menu/beers/name[text() = ''Molson'']',data);
+ count 
+-------
+     1
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT COUNT(id) FROM xmltest WHERE xpath_exists('/myns:menu/myns:beer',data,ARRAY[ARRAY['myns','http://myns.com']]);
+ count 
+-------
+     0
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT COUNT(id) FROM xmltest WHERE xpath_exists('/myns:menu/myns:beers',data,ARRAY[ARRAY['myns','http://myns.com']]);
+ count 
+-------
+     2
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT COUNT(id) FROM xmltest WHERE xpath_exists('/myns:menu/myns:beers/myns:name[text() = ''Molson'']',data,ARRAY[ARRAY['myns','http://myns.com']]);
+ count 
+-------
+     1
+(1 row)
+
+CREATE TABLE query ( expr TEXT );
+INSERT INTO query VALUES ('/menu/beers/cost[text() = ''lots'']');
+SELECT COUNT(id) FROM xmltest, query WHERE xmlexists(expr PASSING BY REF data);
+ count 
+-------
+     2
+(1 row)
+
+-- Test xml_is_well_formed and variants
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed_document('<foo>bar</foo>');
+ xml_is_well_formed_document 
+-----------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed_document('abc');
+ xml_is_well_formed_document 
+-----------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed_content('<foo>bar</foo>');
+ xml_is_well_formed_content 
+----------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed_content('abc');
+ xml_is_well_formed_content 
+----------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SET xmloption TO DOCUMENT;
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed('abc');
+ xml_is_well_formed 
+--------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed('<>');
+ xml_is_well_formed 
+--------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed('<abc/>');
+ xml_is_well_formed 
+--------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed('<foo>bar</foo>');
+ xml_is_well_formed 
+--------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed('<foo>bar</foo');
+ xml_is_well_formed 
+--------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed('<foo><bar>baz</foo>');
+ xml_is_well_formed 
+--------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed('<local:data xmlns:local="http://127.0.0.1"><local:piece id="1">number one</local:piece><local:piece id="2" /></local:data>');
+ xml_is_well_formed 
+--------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed('<pg:foo xmlns:pg="http://postgresql.org/stuff">bar</my:foo>');
+ xml_is_well_formed 
+--------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed('<pg:foo xmlns:pg="http://postgresql.org/stuff">bar</pg:foo>');
+ xml_is_well_formed 
+--------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed('<invalidentity>&</abc>');
+ xml_is_well_formed 
+--------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed('<undefinedentity>&idontexist;</abc>');
+ xml_is_well_formed 
+--------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed('<invalidns xmlns=''&lt;''/>');
+ xml_is_well_formed 
+--------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed('<relativens xmlns=''relative''/>');
+ xml_is_well_formed 
+--------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed('<twoerrors>&idontexist;</unbalanced>');
+ xml_is_well_formed 
+--------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+SET xmloption TO CONTENT;
+SELECT xml_is_well_formed('abc');
+ xml_is_well_formed 
+--------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+-- Since xpath() deals with namespaces, it's a bit stricter about
+-- what's well-formed and what's not. If we don't obey these rules
+-- (i.e. ignore namespace-related errors from libxml), xpath()
+-- fails in subtle ways. The following would for example produce
+-- the xml value
+--   <invalidns xmlns='<'/>
+-- which is invalid because '<' may not appear un-escaped in
+-- attribute values.
+-- Since different libxml versions emit slightly different
+-- error messages, we suppress the DETAIL in this test.
+\set VERBOSITY terse
+SELECT xpath('/*', '<invalidns xmlns=''&lt;''/>');
+ERROR:  could not parse XML document
+\set VERBOSITY default
+-- Again, the XML isn't well-formed for namespace purposes
+SELECT xpath('/*', '<nosuchprefix:tag/>');
+ERROR:  could not parse XML document
+DETAIL:  line 1: Namespace prefix nosuchprefix on tag is not defined
+<nosuchprefix:tag/>
+                 ^
+CONTEXT:  SQL function "xpath" statement 1
+-- XPath deprecates relative namespaces, but they're not supposed to
+-- throw an error, only a warning.
+SELECT xpath('/*', '<relativens xmlns=''relative''/>');
+WARNING:  line 1: xmlns: URI relative is not absolute
+<relativens xmlns='relative'/>
+                            ^
+                xpath                 
+--------------------------------------
+ {"<relativens xmlns=\"relative\"/>"}
+(1 row)
+
+-- External entity references should not leak filesystem information.
+SELECT XMLPARSE(DOCUMENT '<!DOCTYPE foo [<!ENTITY c SYSTEM "/etc/passwd">]><foo>&c;</foo>');
+                            xmlparse                             
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+ <!DOCTYPE foo [<!ENTITY c SYSTEM "/etc/passwd">]><foo>&c;</foo>
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT XMLPARSE(DOCUMENT '<!DOCTYPE foo [<!ENTITY c SYSTEM "/etc/no.such.file">]><foo>&c;</foo>');
+                               xmlparse                                
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ <!DOCTYPE foo [<!ENTITY c SYSTEM "/etc/no.such.file">]><foo>&c;</foo>
+(1 row)
+
+-- This might or might not load the requested DTD, but it mustn't throw error.
+SELECT XMLPARSE(DOCUMENT '<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd"><chapter>&nbsp;</chapter>');
+                                                                       xmlparse                                                                       
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd"><chapter>&nbsp;</chapter>
+(1 row)
+
+-- XMLPATH tests
+CREATE TABLE xmldata(data xml);
+INSERT INTO xmldata VALUES('<ROWS>
+<ROW id="1">
+  <COUNTRY_ID>AU</COUNTRY_ID>
+  <COUNTRY_NAME>Australia</COUNTRY_NAME>
+  <REGION_ID>3</REGION_ID>
+</ROW>
+<ROW id="2">
+  <COUNTRY_ID>CN</COUNTRY_ID>
+  <COUNTRY_NAME>China</COUNTRY_NAME>
+  <REGION_ID>3</REGION_ID>
+</ROW>
+<ROW id="3">
+  <COUNTRY_ID>HK</COUNTRY_ID>
+  <COUNTRY_NAME>HongKong</COUNTRY_NAME>
+  <REGION_ID>3</REGION_ID>
+</ROW>
+<ROW id="4">
+  <COUNTRY_ID>IN</COUNTRY_ID>
+  <COUNTRY_NAME>India</COUNTRY_NAME>
+  <REGION_ID>3</REGION_ID>
+</ROW>
+<ROW id="5">
+  <COUNTRY_ID>JP</COUNTRY_ID>
+  <COUNTRY_NAME>Japan</COUNTRY_NAME>
+  <REGION_ID>3</REGION_ID><PREMIER_NAME>Sinzo Abe</PREMIER_NAME>
+</ROW>
+<ROW id="6">
+  <COUNTRY_ID>SG</COUNTRY_ID>
+  <COUNTRY_NAME>Singapore</COUNTRY_NAME>
+  <REGION_ID>3</REGION_ID><SIZE unit="km">791</SIZE>
+</ROW>
+</ROWS>');
+-- XMLTABLE with columns
+SELECT  xmltable.*
+   FROM (SELECT data FROM xmldata) x,
+        LATERAL XMLTABLE('/ROWS/ROW'
+                         PASSING data
+                         COLUMNS id int PATH '@id',
+                                  _id FOR ORDINALITY,
+                                  country_name text PATH 'COUNTRY_NAME/text()' NOT NULL,
+                                  country_id text PATH 'COUNTRY_ID',
+                                  region_id int PATH 'REGION_ID',
+                                  size float PATH 'SIZE',
+                                  unit text PATH 'SIZE/@unit',
+                                  premier_name text PATH 'PREMIER_NAME' DEFAULT 'not specified');
+ id | _id | country_name | country_id | region_id | size | unit | premier_name  
+----+-----+--------------+------------+-----------+------+------+---------------
+  1 |   1 | Australia    | AU         |         3 |      |      | not specified
+  2 |   2 | China        | CN         |         3 |      |      | not specified
+  3 |   3 | HongKong     | HK         |         3 |      |      | not specified
+  4 |   4 | India        | IN         |         3 |      |      | not specified
+  5 |   5 | Japan        | JP         |         3 |      |      | Sinzo Abe
+  6 |   6 | Singapore    | SG         |         3 |  791 | km   | not specified
+(6 rows)
+
+CREATE VIEW xmltableview1 AS SELECT  xmltable.*
+   FROM (SELECT data FROM xmldata) x,
+        LATERAL XMLTABLE('/ROWS/ROW'
+                         PASSING data
+                         COLUMNS id int PATH '@id',
+                                  _id FOR ORDINALITY,
+                                  country_name text PATH 'COUNTRY_NAME/text()' NOT NULL,
+                                  country_id text PATH 'COUNTRY_ID',
+                                  region_id int PATH 'REGION_ID',
+                                  size float PATH 'SIZE',
+                                  unit text PATH 'SIZE/@unit',
+                                  premier_name text PATH 'PREMIER_NAME' DEFAULT 'not specified');
+SELECT * FROM xmltableview1;
+ id | _id | country_name | country_id | region_id | size | unit | premier_name  
+----+-----+--------------+------------+-----------+------+------+---------------
+  1 |   1 | Australia    | AU         |         3 |      |      | not specified
+  2 |   2 | China        | CN         |         3 |      |      | not specified
+  3 |   3 | HongKong     | HK         |         3 |      |      | not specified
+  4 |   4 | India        | IN         |         3 |      |      | not specified
+  5 |   5 | Japan        | JP         |         3 |      |      | Sinzo Abe
+  6 |   6 | Singapore    | SG         |         3 |  791 | km   | not specified
+(6 rows)
+
+\sv xmltableview1
+CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW public.xmltableview1 AS
+ SELECT "xmltable".id,
+    "xmltable"._id,
+    "xmltable".country_name,
+    "xmltable".country_id,
+    "xmltable".region_id,
+    "xmltable".size,
+    "xmltable".unit,
+    "xmltable".premier_name
+   FROM ( SELECT xmldata.data
+           FROM xmldata) x,
+    LATERAL XMLTABLE(('/ROWS/ROW'::text) PASSING (x.data) COLUMNS id integer PATH ('@id'::text), _id FOR ORDINALITY, country_name text PATH ('COUNTRY_NAME/text()'::text) NOT NULL, country_id text PATH ('COUNTRY_ID'::text), region_id integer PATH ('REGION_ID'::text), size double precision PATH ('SIZE'::text), unit text PATH ('SIZE/@unit'::text), premier_name text DEFAULT ('not specified'::text) PATH ('PREMIER_NAME'::text))
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT * FROM xmltableview1;
+               QUERY PLAN                
+-----------------------------------------
+ Nested Loop
+   ->  Seq Scan on xmldata
+   ->  Table Function Scan on "xmltable"
+(3 rows)
+
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF, VERBOSE) SELECT * FROM xmltableview1;
+                                                                                                                                                                                                                            QUERY PLAN                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Nested Loop
+   Output: "xmltable".id, "xmltable"._id, "xmltable".country_name, "xmltable".country_id, "xmltable".region_id, "xmltable".size, "xmltable".unit, "xmltable".premier_name
+   ->  Seq Scan on public.xmldata
+         Output: xmldata.data
+   ->  Table Function Scan on "xmltable"
+         Output: "xmltable".id, "xmltable"._id, "xmltable".country_name, "xmltable".country_id, "xmltable".region_id, "xmltable".size, "xmltable".unit, "xmltable".premier_name
+         Table Function Call: XMLTABLE(('/ROWS/ROW'::text) PASSING (xmldata.data) COLUMNS id integer PATH ('@id'::text), _id FOR ORDINALITY, country_name text PATH ('COUNTRY_NAME/text()'::text) NOT NULL, country_id text PATH ('COUNTRY_ID'::text), region_id integer PATH ('REGION_ID'::text), size double precision PATH ('SIZE'::text), unit text PATH ('SIZE/@unit'::text), premier_name text DEFAULT ('not specified'::text) PATH ('PREMIER_NAME'::text))
+(7 rows)
+
+-- errors
+SELECT * FROM XMLTABLE (ROW () PASSING null COLUMNS v1 timestamp) AS f (v1, v2);
+ERROR:  XMLTABLE function has 1 columns available but 2 columns specified
+-- XMLNAMESPACES tests
+SELECT * FROM XMLTABLE(XMLNAMESPACES('http://x.y' AS zz),
+                      '/zz:rows/zz:row'
+                      PASSING '<rows xmlns="http://x.y"><row><a>10</a></row></rows>'
+                      COLUMNS a int PATH 'zz:a');
+ a  
+----
+ 10
+(1 row)
+
+CREATE VIEW xmltableview2 AS SELECT * FROM XMLTABLE(XMLNAMESPACES('http://x.y' AS zz),
+                      '/zz:rows/zz:row'
+                      PASSING '<rows xmlns="http://x.y"><row><a>10</a></row></rows>'
+                      COLUMNS a int PATH 'zz:a');
+SELECT * FROM xmltableview2;
+ a  
+----
+ 10
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT * FROM XMLTABLE(XMLNAMESPACES(DEFAULT 'http://x.y'),
+                      '/rows/row'
+                      PASSING '<rows xmlns="http://x.y"><row><a>10</a></row></rows>'
+                      COLUMNS a int PATH 'a');
+ERROR:  DEFAULT namespace is not supported
+SELECT * FROM XMLTABLE('/'
+                       PASSING '<foo/>'
+                       COLUMNS a text PATH 'foo/namespace::node()');
+ERROR:  XMLTABLE cannot cast a namespace node to a non-XML result type
+-- used in prepare statements
+PREPARE pp AS
+SELECT  xmltable.*
+   FROM (SELECT data FROM xmldata) x,
+        LATERAL XMLTABLE('/ROWS/ROW'
+                         PASSING data
+                         COLUMNS id int PATH '@id',
+                                  _id FOR ORDINALITY,
+                                  country_name text PATH 'COUNTRY_NAME' NOT NULL,
+                                  country_id text PATH 'COUNTRY_ID',
+                                  region_id int PATH 'REGION_ID',
+                                  size float PATH 'SIZE',
+                                  unit text PATH 'SIZE/@unit',
+                                  premier_name text PATH 'PREMIER_NAME' DEFAULT 'not specified');
+EXECUTE pp;
+ id | _id | country_name | country_id | region_id | size | unit | premier_name  
+----+-----+--------------+------------+-----------+------+------+---------------
+  1 |   1 | Australia    | AU         |         3 |      |      | not specified
+  2 |   2 | China        | CN         |         3 |      |      | not specified
+  3 |   3 | HongKong     | HK         |         3 |      |      | not specified
+  4 |   4 | India        | IN         |         3 |      |      | not specified
+  5 |   5 | Japan        | JP         |         3 |      |      | Sinzo Abe
+  6 |   6 | Singapore    | SG         |         3 |  791 | km   | not specified
+(6 rows)
+
+SELECT xmltable.* FROM xmldata, LATERAL xmltable('/ROWS/ROW[COUNTRY_NAME="Japan" or COUNTRY_NAME="India"]' PASSING data COLUMNS "COUNTRY_NAME" text, "REGION_ID" int);
+ COUNTRY_NAME | REGION_ID 
+--------------+-----------
+ India        |         3
+ Japan        |         3
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT xmltable.* FROM xmldata, LATERAL xmltable('/ROWS/ROW[COUNTRY_NAME="Japan" or COUNTRY_NAME="India"]' PASSING data COLUMNS id FOR ORDINALITY, "COUNTRY_NAME" text, "REGION_ID" int);
+ id | COUNTRY_NAME | REGION_ID 
+----+--------------+-----------
+  1 | India        |         3
+  2 | Japan        |         3
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT xmltable.* FROM xmldata, LATERAL xmltable('/ROWS/ROW[COUNTRY_NAME="Japan" or COUNTRY_NAME="India"]' PASSING data COLUMNS id int PATH '@id', "COUNTRY_NAME" text, "REGION_ID" int);
+ id | COUNTRY_NAME | REGION_ID 
+----+--------------+-----------
+  4 | India        |         3
+  5 | Japan        |         3
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT xmltable.* FROM xmldata, LATERAL xmltable('/ROWS/ROW[COUNTRY_NAME="Japan" or COUNTRY_NAME="India"]' PASSING data COLUMNS id int PATH '@id');
+ id 
+----
+  4
+  5
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT xmltable.* FROM xmldata, LATERAL xmltable('/ROWS/ROW[COUNTRY_NAME="Japan" or COUNTRY_NAME="India"]' PASSING data COLUMNS id FOR ORDINALITY);
+ id 
+----
+  1
+  2
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT xmltable.* FROM xmldata, LATERAL xmltable('/ROWS/ROW[COUNTRY_NAME="Japan" or COUNTRY_NAME="India"]' PASSING data COLUMNS id int PATH '@id', "COUNTRY_NAME" text, "REGION_ID" int, rawdata xml PATH '.');
+ id | COUNTRY_NAME | REGION_ID |                             rawdata                              
+----+--------------+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------------
+  4 | India        |         3 | <ROW id="4">                                                    +
+    |              |           |   <COUNTRY_ID>IN</COUNTRY_ID>                                   +
+    |              |           |   <COUNTRY_NAME>India</COUNTRY_NAME>                            +
+    |              |           |   <REGION_ID>3</REGION_ID>                                      +
+    |              |           | </ROW>
+  5 | Japan        |         3 | <ROW id="5">                                                    +
+    |              |           |   <COUNTRY_ID>JP</COUNTRY_ID>                                   +
+    |              |           |   <COUNTRY_NAME>Japan</COUNTRY_NAME>                            +
+    |              |           |   <REGION_ID>3</REGION_ID><PREMIER_NAME>Sinzo Abe</PREMIER_NAME>+
+    |              |           | </ROW>
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT xmltable.* FROM xmldata, LATERAL xmltable('/ROWS/ROW[COUNTRY_NAME="Japan" or COUNTRY_NAME="India"]' PASSING data COLUMNS id int PATH '@id', "COUNTRY_NAME" text, "REGION_ID" int, rawdata xml PATH './*');
+ id | COUNTRY_NAME | REGION_ID |                                                           rawdata                                                           
+----+--------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  4 | India        |         3 | <COUNTRY_ID>IN</COUNTRY_ID><COUNTRY_NAME>India</COUNTRY_NAME><REGION_ID>3</REGION_ID>
+  5 | Japan        |         3 | <COUNTRY_ID>JP</COUNTRY_ID><COUNTRY_NAME>Japan</COUNTRY_NAME><REGION_ID>3</REGION_ID><PREMIER_NAME>Sinzo Abe</PREMIER_NAME>
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM xmltable('/root' passing '<root><element>a1a<!-- aaaa -->a2a<?aaaaa?> <!--z-->  bbbb<x>xxx</x>cccc</element></root>' COLUMNS element text);
+      element      
+-------------------
+ a1aa2a   bbbbcccc
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT * FROM xmltable('/root' passing '<root><element>a1a<!-- aaaa -->a2a<?aaaaa?> <!--z-->  bbbb<x>xxx</x>cccc</element></root>' COLUMNS element text PATH 'element/text()'); -- should fail
+ERROR:  more than one value returned by column XPath expression
+-- CDATA test
+select * from xmltable('r' passing '<d><r><c><![CDATA[<hello> &"<>!<a>foo</a>]]></c></r><r><c>2</c></r></d>' columns c text);
+            c            
+-------------------------
+ <hello> &"<>!<a>foo</a>
+ 2
+(2 rows)
+
+-- XML builtin entities
+SELECT * FROM xmltable('/x/a' PASSING '<x><a><ent>&apos;</ent></a><a><ent>&quot;</ent></a><a><ent>&amp;</ent></a><a><ent>&lt;</ent></a><a><ent>&gt;</ent></a></x>' COLUMNS ent text);
+ ent 
+-----
+ '
+ "
+ &
+ <
+ >
+(5 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM xmltable('/x/a' PASSING '<x><a><ent>&apos;</ent></a><a><ent>&quot;</ent></a><a><ent>&amp;</ent></a><a><ent>&lt;</ent></a><a><ent>&gt;</ent></a></x>' COLUMNS ent xml);
+       ent        
+------------------
+ <ent>'</ent>
+ <ent>"</ent>
+ <ent>&amp;</ent>
+ <ent>&lt;</ent>
+ <ent>&gt;</ent>
+(5 rows)
+
+EXPLAIN (VERBOSE, COSTS OFF)
+SELECT  xmltable.*
+   FROM (SELECT data FROM xmldata) x,
+        LATERAL XMLTABLE('/ROWS/ROW'
+                         PASSING data
+                         COLUMNS id int PATH '@id',
+                                  _id FOR ORDINALITY,
+                                  country_name text PATH 'COUNTRY_NAME' NOT NULL,
+                                  country_id text PATH 'COUNTRY_ID',
+                                  region_id int PATH 'REGION_ID',
+                                  size float PATH 'SIZE',
+                                  unit text PATH 'SIZE/@unit',
+                                  premier_name text PATH 'PREMIER_NAME' DEFAULT 'not specified');
+                                                                                                                                                                                                                        QUERY PLAN                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Nested Loop
+   Output: "xmltable".id, "xmltable"._id, "xmltable".country_name, "xmltable".country_id, "xmltable".region_id, "xmltable".size, "xmltable".unit, "xmltable".premier_name
+   ->  Seq Scan on public.xmldata
+         Output: xmldata.data
+   ->  Table Function Scan on "xmltable"
+         Output: "xmltable".id, "xmltable"._id, "xmltable".country_name, "xmltable".country_id, "xmltable".region_id, "xmltable".size, "xmltable".unit, "xmltable".premier_name
+         Table Function Call: XMLTABLE(('/ROWS/ROW'::text) PASSING (xmldata.data) COLUMNS id integer PATH ('@id'::text), _id FOR ORDINALITY, country_name text PATH ('COUNTRY_NAME'::text) NOT NULL, country_id text PATH ('COUNTRY_ID'::text), region_id integer PATH ('REGION_ID'::text), size double precision PATH ('SIZE'::text), unit text PATH ('SIZE/@unit'::text), premier_name text DEFAULT ('not specified'::text) PATH ('PREMIER_NAME'::text))
+(7 rows)
+
+-- test qual
+SELECT xmltable.* FROM xmldata, LATERAL xmltable('/ROWS/ROW[COUNTRY_NAME="Japan" or COUNTRY_NAME="India"]' PASSING data COLUMNS "COUNTRY_NAME" text, "REGION_ID" int) WHERE "COUNTRY_NAME" = 'Japan';
+ COUNTRY_NAME | REGION_ID 
+--------------+-----------
+ Japan        |         3
+(1 row)
+
+EXPLAIN (VERBOSE, COSTS OFF)
+SELECT xmltable.* FROM xmldata, LATERAL xmltable('/ROWS/ROW[COUNTRY_NAME="Japan" or COUNTRY_NAME="India"]' PASSING data COLUMNS "COUNTRY_NAME" text, "REGION_ID" int) WHERE "COUNTRY_NAME" = 'Japan';
+                                                                                    QUERY PLAN                                                                                    
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Nested Loop
+   Output: "xmltable"."COUNTRY_NAME", "xmltable"."REGION_ID"
+   ->  Seq Scan on public.xmldata
+         Output: xmldata.data
+   ->  Table Function Scan on "xmltable"
+         Output: "xmltable"."COUNTRY_NAME", "xmltable"."REGION_ID"
+         Table Function Call: XMLTABLE(('/ROWS/ROW[COUNTRY_NAME="Japan" or COUNTRY_NAME="India"]'::text) PASSING (xmldata.data) COLUMNS "COUNTRY_NAME" text, "REGION_ID" integer)
+         Filter: ("xmltable"."COUNTRY_NAME" = 'Japan'::text)
+(8 rows)
+
+-- should to work with more data
+INSERT INTO xmldata VALUES('<ROWS>
+<ROW id="10">
+  <COUNTRY_ID>CZ</COUNTRY_ID>
+  <COUNTRY_NAME>Czech Republic</COUNTRY_NAME>
+  <REGION_ID>2</REGION_ID><PREMIER_NAME>Milos Zeman</PREMIER_NAME>
+</ROW>
+<ROW id="11">
+  <COUNTRY_ID>DE</COUNTRY_ID>
+  <COUNTRY_NAME>Germany</COUNTRY_NAME>
+  <REGION_ID>2</REGION_ID>
+</ROW>
+<ROW id="12">
+  <COUNTRY_ID>FR</COUNTRY_ID>
+  <COUNTRY_NAME>France</COUNTRY_NAME>
+  <REGION_ID>2</REGION_ID>
+</ROW>
+</ROWS>');
+INSERT INTO xmldata VALUES('<ROWS>
+<ROW id="20">
+  <COUNTRY_ID>EG</COUNTRY_ID>
+  <COUNTRY_NAME>Egypt</COUNTRY_NAME>
+  <REGION_ID>1</REGION_ID>
+</ROW>
+<ROW id="21">
+  <COUNTRY_ID>SD</COUNTRY_ID>
+  <COUNTRY_NAME>Sudan</COUNTRY_NAME>
+  <REGION_ID>1</REGION_ID>
+</ROW>
+</ROWS>');
+SELECT  xmltable.*
+   FROM (SELECT data FROM xmldata) x,
+        LATERAL XMLTABLE('/ROWS/ROW'
+                         PASSING data
+                         COLUMNS id int PATH '@id',
+                                  _id FOR ORDINALITY,
+                                  country_name text PATH 'COUNTRY_NAME' NOT NULL,
+                                  country_id text PATH 'COUNTRY_ID',
+                                  region_id int PATH 'REGION_ID',
+                                  size float PATH 'SIZE',
+                                  unit text PATH 'SIZE/@unit',
+                                  premier_name text PATH 'PREMIER_NAME' DEFAULT 'not specified');
+ id | _id |  country_name  | country_id | region_id | size | unit | premier_name  
+----+-----+----------------+------------+-----------+------+------+---------------
+  1 |   1 | Australia      | AU         |         3 |      |      | not specified
+  2 |   2 | China          | CN         |         3 |      |      | not specified
+  3 |   3 | HongKong       | HK         |         3 |      |      | not specified
+  4 |   4 | India          | IN         |         3 |      |      | not specified
+  5 |   5 | Japan          | JP         |         3 |      |      | Sinzo Abe
+  6 |   6 | Singapore      | SG         |         3 |  791 | km   | not specified
+ 10 |   1 | Czech Republic | CZ         |         2 |      |      | Milos Zeman
+ 11 |   2 | Germany        | DE         |         2 |      |      | not specified
+ 12 |   3 | France         | FR         |         2 |      |      | not specified
+ 20 |   1 | Egypt          | EG         |         1 |      |      | not specified
+ 21 |   2 | Sudan          | SD         |         1 |      |      | not specified
+(11 rows)
+
+SELECT  xmltable.*
+   FROM (SELECT data FROM xmldata) x,
+        LATERAL XMLTABLE('/ROWS/ROW'
+                         PASSING data
+                         COLUMNS id int PATH '@id',
+                                  _id FOR ORDINALITY,
+                                  country_name text PATH 'COUNTRY_NAME' NOT NULL,
+                                  country_id text PATH 'COUNTRY_ID',
+                                  region_id int PATH 'REGION_ID',
+                                  size float PATH 'SIZE',
+                                  unit text PATH 'SIZE/@unit',
+                                  premier_name text PATH 'PREMIER_NAME' DEFAULT 'not specified')
+  WHERE region_id = 2;
+ id | _id |  country_name  | country_id | region_id | size | unit | premier_name  
+----+-----+----------------+------------+-----------+------+------+---------------
+ 10 |   1 | Czech Republic | CZ         |         2 |      |      | Milos Zeman
+ 11 |   2 | Germany        | DE         |         2 |      |      | not specified
+ 12 |   3 | France         | FR         |         2 |      |      | not specified
+(3 rows)
+
+EXPLAIN (VERBOSE, COSTS OFF)
+SELECT  xmltable.*
+   FROM (SELECT data FROM xmldata) x,
+        LATERAL XMLTABLE('/ROWS/ROW'
+                         PASSING data
+                         COLUMNS id int PATH '@id',
+                                  _id FOR ORDINALITY,
+                                  country_name text PATH 'COUNTRY_NAME' NOT NULL,
+                                  country_id text PATH 'COUNTRY_ID',
+                                  region_id int PATH 'REGION_ID',
+                                  size float PATH 'SIZE',
+                                  unit text PATH 'SIZE/@unit',
+                                  premier_name text PATH 'PREMIER_NAME' DEFAULT 'not specified')
+  WHERE region_id = 2;
+                                                                                                                                                                                                                        QUERY PLAN                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Nested Loop
+   Output: "xmltable".id, "xmltable"._id, "xmltable".country_name, "xmltable".country_id, "xmltable".region_id, "xmltable".size, "xmltable".unit, "xmltable".premier_name
+   ->  Seq Scan on public.xmldata
+         Output: xmldata.data
+   ->  Table Function Scan on "xmltable"
+         Output: "xmltable".id, "xmltable"._id, "xmltable".country_name, "xmltable".country_id, "xmltable".region_id, "xmltable".size, "xmltable".unit, "xmltable".premier_name
+         Table Function Call: XMLTABLE(('/ROWS/ROW'::text) PASSING (xmldata.data) COLUMNS id integer PATH ('@id'::text), _id FOR ORDINALITY, country_name text PATH ('COUNTRY_NAME'::text) NOT NULL, country_id text PATH ('COUNTRY_ID'::text), region_id integer PATH ('REGION_ID'::text), size double precision PATH ('SIZE'::text), unit text PATH ('SIZE/@unit'::text), premier_name text DEFAULT ('not specified'::text) PATH ('PREMIER_NAME'::text))
+         Filter: ("xmltable".region_id = 2)
+(8 rows)
+
+-- should fail, NULL value
+SELECT  xmltable.*
+   FROM (SELECT data FROM xmldata) x,
+        LATERAL XMLTABLE('/ROWS/ROW'
+                         PASSING data
+                         COLUMNS id int PATH '@id',
+                                  _id FOR ORDINALITY,
+                                  country_name text PATH 'COUNTRY_NAME' NOT NULL,
+                                  country_id text PATH 'COUNTRY_ID',
+                                  region_id int PATH 'REGION_ID',
+                                  size float PATH 'SIZE' NOT NULL,
+                                  unit text PATH 'SIZE/@unit',
+                                  premier_name text PATH 'PREMIER_NAME' DEFAULT 'not specified');
+ERROR:  null is not allowed in column "size"
+-- if all is ok, then result is empty
+-- one line xml test
+WITH
+   x AS (SELECT proname, proowner, procost::numeric, pronargs,
+                array_to_string(proargnames,',') as proargnames,
+                case when proargtypes <> '' then array_to_string(proargtypes::oid[],',') end as proargtypes
+           FROM pg_proc WHERE proname = 'f_leak'),
+   y AS (SELECT xmlelement(name proc,
+                           xmlforest(proname, proowner,
+                                     procost, pronargs,
+                                     proargnames, proargtypes)) as proc
+           FROM x),
+   z AS (SELECT xmltable.*
+           FROM y,
+                LATERAL xmltable('/proc' PASSING proc
+                                 COLUMNS proname name,
+                                         proowner oid,
+                                         procost float,
+                                         pronargs int,
+                                         proargnames text,
+                                         proargtypes text))
+   SELECT * FROM z
+   EXCEPT SELECT * FROM x;
+ proname | proowner | procost | pronargs | proargnames | proargtypes 
+---------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+-------------
+(0 rows)
+
+-- multi line xml test, result should be empty too
+WITH
+   x AS (SELECT proname, proowner, procost::numeric, pronargs,
+                array_to_string(proargnames,',') as proargnames,
+                case when proargtypes <> '' then array_to_string(proargtypes::oid[],',') end as proargtypes
+           FROM pg_proc),
+   y AS (SELECT xmlelement(name data,
+                           xmlagg(xmlelement(name proc,
+                                             xmlforest(proname, proowner, procost,
+                                                       pronargs, proargnames, proargtypes)))) as doc
+           FROM x),
+   z AS (SELECT xmltable.*
+           FROM y,
+                LATERAL xmltable('/data/proc' PASSING doc
+                                 COLUMNS proname name,
+                                         proowner oid,
+                                         procost float,
+                                         pronargs int,
+                                         proargnames text,
+                                         proargtypes text))
+   SELECT * FROM z
+   EXCEPT SELECT * FROM x;
+ proname | proowner | procost | pronargs | proargnames | proargtypes 
+---------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+-------------
+(0 rows)
+
+CREATE TABLE xmltest2(x xml, _path text);
+INSERT INTO xmltest2 VALUES('<d><r><ac>1</ac></r></d>', 'A');
+INSERT INTO xmltest2 VALUES('<d><r><bc>2</bc></r></d>', 'B');
+INSERT INTO xmltest2 VALUES('<d><r><cc>3</cc></r></d>', 'C');
+INSERT INTO xmltest2 VALUES('<d><r><dc>2</dc></r></d>', 'D');
+SELECT xmltable.* FROM xmltest2, LATERAL xmltable('/d/r' PASSING x COLUMNS a int PATH '' || lower(_path) || 'c');
+ a 
+---
+ 1
+ 2
+ 3
+ 2
+(4 rows)
+
+SELECT xmltable.* FROM xmltest2, LATERAL xmltable(('/d/r/' || lower(_path) || 'c') PASSING x COLUMNS a int PATH '.');
+ a 
+---
+ 1
+ 2
+ 3
+ 2
+(4 rows)
+
+SELECT xmltable.* FROM xmltest2, LATERAL xmltable(('/d/r/' || lower(_path) || 'c') PASSING x COLUMNS a int PATH 'x' DEFAULT ascii(_path) - 54);
+ a  
+----
+ 11
+ 12
+ 13
+ 14
+(4 rows)
+
