PL/SQL + XML with Excel report format?

Question

Dear all,
I am a new beginner in XML Publisher. For the EBS11i, I can use PL/SQL with http scripts to generate excel report format.
The following code will include in store procedure:
>
begin
owa_util.mime_header(ccontent_type => 'application/vnd.ms-excel');
     htp.htmlopen;
     htp.headopen;
     htp.print( '<STYLE>' );
htp.print( '<!--'||
          '.xl24' ||
          '{mso-style-parent:style0;' ||
                 'mso-number-format:"\@";}' ||
'.xl41' ||
     '{mso-style-parent:style0;' ||
               'mso-NUMBER-format:"\#\,\#\#0\.000";}' ||
'.xl42' ||
     '{mso-style-parent:style0;' ||
               'mso-NUMBER-format:"\#\,\#\#0\.00";}' ||
'.xl45' ||
     '{mso-style-parent:style0;' ||
                'mso-NUMBER-format:"\#\,\#\#0";}' ||
'-->' );
     htp.print( '</STYLE>' );     
     htp.headclose;
     htp.bodyopen;
     htp.para;
     htp.strong( '<U>' || 'Sample Report Name'|| '</U>');
     htp.para;
htp.tablerowopen;
     htp.tabledata('<DIV align="left">' || rec_main2.vendor_name || '</DIV>',cattributes => ' class="xl24" width="190"');
htp.tablerowclose
>
How can I do that in R12?
Please advice.

Answer 1

We currently do not support SQL aliasing of directories. This
is causing your errors.
Oracle XML Team
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Frank Hubeny (guest) wrote:
: I think I got past this point by first creating a directory
: under sys and then granting read privileges to owner of the
: domsample procedure (in my case the this user is called "xml").
: create directory xml as 'e:\web\xml';
: grant read on directory xml to xml;
: Then the call becomes (I think)
: exec domsample ('XML','family.xml','test.err')
: However, I am getting the following error:
: ERROR at line 1:
: ORA-20100: Error occurred while parsing: XML/err.log
: ORA-06512: at "XML.XMLPARSER", line 43
: ORA-06512: at "XML.XMLPARSER", line 120
: ORA-06512: at "XML.DOMSAMPLE", line 80
: ORA-06512: at line 1
: The readme says "It is necessary for the user running
: this sample to have been granted the appropriate security
: priveleges to read and write from a file on the file
: system." I am not sure what the "write" grant would be.
: And so I also set utl_file_dir so that it pointed to
: the directory. But somehow I don't think that utl_file is
: needed in this context. In any case, it appears I cannot write
: to the err.log file or find it.
: Brad Douglass (guest) wrote:
: : I'm receiving the following error when I use the domsample
: : procedure supplied with the PL/SQL XML parser:
: : SQL> exec domsample('e:\web\xml','test.xml','test.err');
: : begin domsample('e:\web\xml','test.xml','test.err'); end;
: : ERROR at line 1:
: : ORA-20101: Error occurred while accessing a file or URL:
: unknown
: : protocol: file
: : ORA-06512: at "XML.XMLPARSER", line 46
: : ORA-06512: at "XML.XMLPARSER", line 164
: : ORA-06512: at "XML.DOMSAMPLE", line 77
: : ORA-06512: at line 1
: : UTL_FILE doesn't have any problems with the file.
: : Any ideas?
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