Fix handling of namespace nodes in xpath() (xml)

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

Commit: 8bf257aebac12791dc78a599e4f7dc225893d45e
Author: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Date: 2026-06-12T01:25:45Z
Fix handling of namespace nodes in xpath() (xml)

xpath() attempted to call xmlCopyNode() and xmlNodeDump() on a
XML_NAMESPACE_DECL, finishing with a confusing error:
=# SELECT xpath('//namespace::foo', '<root xmlns:foo="http://127.0.0.1"/>');
ERROR:  53200: could not copy node
CONTEXT:  SQL function "xpath" statement 1

xpath() is changed so as it goes through xmlXPathCastNodeToString()
instead, that is able to handle namespace nodes.  xml2 uses the same
solution.  This issue has been discovered while digging into
9d33a5a804db.

Author: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aioT7ui_ZJ9RMlfM@paquier.xyz
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