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FUNCTIONS / XML FUNCTIONS

The xmlpi expression creates an XML processing instruction.

Signatures & examples

xmlpi ( NAME name [, content] ) → xml
The xmlpi expression creates an XML processing instruction. As for xmlelement, the name must be a simple identifier, while the content expression can have any data type. The content, if present, must not contain the character sequence ?>.
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  1. PG 12 → 13changed

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