mysql对xml提供支持的两个函数extractvalue updatexml

mysql updatexml extractvalue
MySQL 5.1.5版本中添加了对XML文档进行查询和修改的函数，分别是ExtractValue()和UpdateXML()，

mysql> create table x(
    -> doc varchar(150)
    -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.08 sec)

mysql> insert into x values('
    '> <book>
    '> <title>A guide to the SQL standard</title>
    '> <author>
    '> <initial>CJ</initial>
    '> <surname>Date</surname>
    '> </author>
    '> </book>
    '> ');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec)

mysql> insert into x values('
    '> <book>
    '> <title>SQL:1999</title>
    '> <author>
    '> <initial>J</initial>
    '> <surname>Melton</surname>
    '> </author>
    '> </book>
    '> ');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.08 sec)

EXTRACTVALUE (XML_document, XPath_string);
第一个参数：XML_document是String格式，为XML文档对象的名称，文中为Doc
第二个参数：XPath_string (Xpath格式的字符串).
作用：从目标XML中返回包含所查询值的字符串

mysql> select extractvalue(doc,'/book/author/initial') from x;
+------------------------------------------+
| extractvalue(doc,'/book/author/initial') |
+------------------------------------------+
| CJ                                       |
| J                                        |
+------------------------------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select extractvalue(doc,'/*/*/initial') from x;
+----------------------------------+
| extractvalue(doc,'/*/*/initial') |
+----------------------------------+
| CJ                               |
| J                                |
+----------------------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

updatexml()

UPDATEXML (XML_document, XPath_string, new_value);
第一个参数：XML_document是String格式，为XML文档对象的名称，文中为Doc
第二个参数：XPath_string (Xpath格式的字符串) ，如果不了解Xpath语法，可以在网上查找教程。
第三个参数：new_value，String格式，替换查找到的符合条件的数据
作用：改变文档中符合条件的节点的值

mysql> update x set doc=updatexml(doc,'/book/author/initial','!!!');
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.08 sec)
Rows matched: 2  Changed: 2  Warnings: 0

mysql> select * from x;
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------+
| doc
                             |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------+
|
<book>
<title>A guide to the SQL standard</title>
<author>
!!!
<surname>Date</surname>
</author>
</book>
 |
|
<book>
<title>SQL:1999</title>
<author>
!!!
<surname>Melton</surname>
</author>
</book>
                  |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

link:http://www.blogjava.net/chenpengyi/archive/2006/07/11/57578.html