Re: BUG #2301: xml2 library not running on the Win Pg 8.1

Added to TODO:

        o Port contrib/xml2


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Dave Page wrote:
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> On 5/3/06 17:38, "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote:
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> > Bal??zs Klein wrote:
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> >> I have raised this issue in the pgsql.general newsgroup, Subject: installing
> >> xml2 for pg 8.1 on winxp, but as I got no answers so far I am submitting
> >> this as a bug.
> >
> > You did get at least one answer as far as I remember.
> >
> >> There might be a problem with a missing extension in the pre-compiled
> >> windows version of Postgres 8.1
> >> It looks as though it's the 'MemoryContextSwitchTo' library which is
> >> present in 8.0 but missing from 8.1.
> >
> > Did you recompile pgxml against 8.1, or are you trying to use DLLs that
> > were compiled against 8.0?  The latter won't work.  You need to either
> > produce yourself or convince someone else to provide you with a DLL that
> > was compiled against 8.1.
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> xml2 has never been ported to Win32, mainly because it's a non-default
> module (ie. Not included in the /contrib makefile) which requires additional
> libraries. It's on my list to look at, but I've not got to it yet.
>
> Regards, Dave.
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