Best way of displaying xml from a database column.

Question

I have lots of xml stored as xmltype.
The core data is displayed in a report. If I click on a link in the report I call a popup page which should display the xml.
This xml does occasionally exceed 32K so I can't use a textarea directly.
Whats the best way to display the xml?
I was thinking of maybe a URL region but haven't used these before.
Edited by: Keith Jamieson on Dec 23, 2008 11:38 AM

Answer 1

When I used htp.p I just got the description printed out.
I now have a pl/sql region as follows:
declare
v_clob clob;
BEGIN
for cur in
( SELECT xmltype.getclobval(profile_text_xml) text
from ci_profile
where profile_id='IKM'
LOOP
htp.p('--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------');
htp.plaintext(cur.text);
htp.p('--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------');
END LOOP;
END;
The problem now is that although the xml displays correctly, The bottom of the page is now not interpreted as a web page but rather as plain text.
What I really need is the start of the page to display normally,
the xml to be dispalyed as is,
and then the bottom of the page to be displayed normally again.
The bottom of my page looks like follows:
</PLAINTEXT> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- </td> </tr> </table><div class="t1NavigationRegion" id="R3183505456749710" ><table summary="" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%"><tr><td align="left"></td></tr></table><table id="apex_layout_3183505456749710" class="formlayout" summary="" ><tr><td></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" align="left"><input type="hidden" name="p_arg_names" value="3184424442749715" /><input type="hidden" name="p_t02" value="" id="P0_TREE_ROOT" /><a class="eLink" title="Edit" href="javascript:popupURL('f?p=4000:371:3897603899166057::::P371_ID,FB_FLOW_ID,FB_FLOW_PAGE_ID:3184424442749715,111,4');" tabindex="999"><img src="/i/e.gif" alt="Edit" class="eLink" /></a></td></tr> </table> </div></td> <td valign="top">
</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" summary=""> <tr> <td><img src="/i/themes/theme_1/bot_bar_left.png" alt="" /></td> <td class="t1BotbarMiddle"><div id="t1user">ADMIN</div></td> <td class="t1BotbarMiddle"><div id="t1copy"><!-- Copyright Here --><span class="t1Customize"></span></div></td> <td><img src="/i/themes/theme_1/bot_bar_right.png" alt="" /></td> </tr> </table>
<input type="hidden" name="p_md5_checksum" value="" /></form> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- //--> </script><!-- Code generated for user with developer privileges. --> <script type="text/javascript"> function popupInfo() { w = open("f?p=4000:34:3897603899166057:PAGE:NO:34:F4000_P34_SESSION,F4000_P34_FLOW,F4000_P34_PAGE:3897603899166057,111,4","winLov","Scrollbars=1,resizable=1,width=700,height=450"); if (w.opener == null) w.opener = self; w.focus(); } </script><table cellpadding="0" border="0" cellspacing="0" summary="Developer Toolbar" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><a class="htmldbToolbar" href="f?p=4500:1000:3897603899166057" style="border-left:1px solid black;" title="Application Express Home Page">Home</a></td><td><a class="htmldbToolbar" title="Application 111" href="f?p=4000:1:3897603899166057::NO:1,4150,RP:FB_FLOW_ID,FB_FLOW_PAGE_ID,F4000_P1_FLOW,F4000_P4150_GOTO_PAGE,F4000_P1_PAGE:111,4,111,4,4" style="border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;">Application 111</a></td><td><a class="htmldbToolbar" title="Edit Page 4" href="f?p=4000:4150:3897603899166057::NO:1,4150:FB_FLOW_ID,FB_FLOW_PAGE_ID,F4000_P1_FLOW,F4000_P4150_GOTO_PAGE,F4000_P1_PAGE:111,4,111,4,4">Edit Page 4</a></td><td><a class="htmldbToolbar" href="f?p=4000:336:3897603899166057::::FB_FLOW_ID,FB_FLOW_PAGE_ID,F4000_P1_FLOW,F4000_P4150_GOTO_PAGE,F4000_P1_PAGE:111,4,111,4,4" style="border-left:1px solid black;" title="Create">Create</a></td><td><a class="htmldbToolbar" href="javascript:popupInfo()" style="border-left:1px solid black;" title="Session">Session</a></td><td><a class="htmldbToolbar" href="f?p=4000:14:3897603899166057::::FB_FLOW_ID,FB_FLOW_PAGE_ID,F4000_P1_FLOW,F4000_P4150_GOTO_PAGE,F4000_P1_PAGE:111,4,111,4,4" style="border-left:1px solid black;" title="Activity">Activity</a></td><td><a class="htmldbToolbar" title="Debug" style="border-left:1px solid black;" href="f?p=111:4:3897603899166057::YES">Debug</a></td><td id="hideEdit" style="display:none;"><a class="htmldbToolbar" title="Hide Edit Links" href="javascript:quickLinks('HIDE');" style="border-right:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid black;">Hide Edit Links</a></td><td id="showEdit"><a class="htmldbToolbar" title="Show Edit Links" href="javascript:quickLinks('SHOW');" style="border-right:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;">Show Edit Links</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <script type="text/javascript"> if(GetCookie('ORA_WWV_QUICK_EDIT') != null){ if(GetCookie('ORA_WWV_QUICK_EDIT') == 'SHOW') quickLinks('SHOW'); } </script> </body> </html>
Edited by: Keith Jamieson on Jan 2, 2009 2:28 PM