Writing XML to oracle table

Hi All,
Help! Could someone tell me how to insert an empty string ( not null ) in a table using XML?
e.g if I had this table TEST
Name Null? Type
COL1 NOT NULL CHAR(5)
COL2 NOT NULL CHAR(1)
and this xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<tests>
<test>
<COL1>PPPPP</COL1>
<COL2> </COL2>
<test>
<tests>
I use OracleXmlSave to insert this xml into the database and I get this error
"Cannot insert null into TEST.COL2"
but I am actually trying to insert a blank.
Anybody came across this problem and knows how to fix it?
Thanks a lot!!!!

I fixed my problem;
I changed my xml to this
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<tests>
<test>
<COL1>PPPPP</COL1>
<COL2><![CDATA[ ]]></COL2>
<test>
<tests>
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by pearlph:
Hi All,
Help! Could someone tell me how to insert an empty string ( not null ) in a table using XML?
e.g if I had this table TEST
Name Null? Type
COL1 NOT NULL CHAR(5)
COL2 NOT NULL CHAR(1)
and this xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<tests>
<test>
<COL1>PPPPP</COL1>
<COL2> </COL2>
<test>
<tests>
I use OracleXmlSave to insert this xml into the database and I get this error
"Cannot insert null into TEST.COL2"
but I am actually trying to insert a blank.
Anybody came across this problem and knows how to fix it?
Thanks a lot!!!!
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
null

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user13683418 wrote:
Hi All,
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If anybody handled this type of scenario, Please let me know how to insert data into oracle table from XML file
Thanks in advance

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Parsing XML file & insert into Oracle Tables

Hi,
Following is a sample xml file which is an input for a oracle procedure :
<Sales ID="1" CreatedDate="16-Jan-2007" CreatedTime="16:09:40">
<Customer ID="1" Name="Scott" Address="City1">
     <Order ID="1" Date="15-Jan-2007" TotItems="2" Value="200">
          <Item ID="01" Name="Chocolate" Qty="2" Amount="80" />
          <Item ID="03" Name="Biscuit" Qty="5" Amount="120" />
     </Order>
</Customer>
<Customer ID="2" Name="Tiger" Address="City2">
     <Order ID="1" Date="15-Jan-2007" TotItems="1" Value="500">
          <Item ID="01" Name="Pizza" Qty="3" Amount="500" />
     </Order>
</Customer>
<User ID="ABC" Name="TestUser" LastLogin="16-Jan-2007" />
<City Code="NY" Name="New York" />
<City Code="NJ" Name="New Jersy" />
</Sales>
I have individual tables for Sales, Customer, Order, Item, User & City tags with proper referential constraints. I have to parse the xml & have to insert the corresponsing tables for each & every tag if the ID in individual tag does not exists in the table. If the ID already exist, then, I have to update other attributes in the table for the corresponding ID.
Can anyone suggest me the simplest way to perform the above said scenario?

Dera Michael,
Sorry for the confusing previous reply. I went through your solution again and tried for my XML File.
I have stored the XML File in table XXLF_DS_XML.Should I make use of the table in the below query.
Here is my SQL Query erroring Out
SQL> SELECT EXTRACTVALUE(s.COLUMN_VALUE,
2 '/Header@orderID') ID
3 ,EXTRACTVALUE(c.COLUMN_VALUE,
4 '/Detail@lineNumber') lienum
5 ,EXTRACTVALUE(t.COLUMN_VALUE,
6 '/Detail/Tax@currency') currency
7 ,EXTRACTVALUE(t.COLUMN_VALUE,
8 '/Detail/Tax/Money') customer_name
9 FROM TABLE(XMLSEQUENCE(EXTRACT(XMLTYPE('- <Recordset>
10 - <Header dueDate="2007-01-17T16:09:05" orderDate="2004-01-17" orderID="0009" transactionID="1389"
type="new">
11 <KeyIndex>2</KeyIndex>
12 - <BillTo>
13 - <Address addressID="5619" isoCountryCode="US">
14 <Name>fMat</Name>
15 - <PostalAddress name="default">
16 <Street>34545</Street>
17 <City>dfgfg</City>
18 <State>AZ</State>
19 <PostalCode>85086-1693</PostalCode>
20 <County>Maricopa</County>
21 <Country>US</Country>
22 </PostalAddress>
23 <Email name="default">[email protected]</Email>
24 </Address>
25 </BillTo>
26 <PromotionCode />
27 - <SubTotal>
28 <Money currency="USD">32.49</Money>
29 </SubTotal>
30 - <Tax>
31 <Money currency="USD">2.32</Money>
32 <Description />
33 </Tax>
34 - <Shipping>
35 <Money currency="USD">8.95</Money>
36 <Description />
37 </Shipping>
38 </Header>
39 - <Detail lineNumber="1" quantity="1">
40 - <ItemDetail>
41 - <UnitPrice>
42 <Money currency="USD">29.99</Money>
43 </UnitPrice>
44 <ShortName>Little;reg; pxxxx® Learning System</ShortName>
45 </ItemDetail>
46 - <Tax>
47 <Money currency="USD">1.68</Money>
48 <Description />
49 - <TaxDetail category="sales">
50 - <TaxAmount>
51 <Money currency="USD">1.68</Money>
52 </TaxAmount>
53 <TaxLocation>AZ</TaxLocation>
54 </TaxDetail>
55 </Tax>
56 </Detail>
57 - <Detail lineNumber="2" quantity="1">
58 - <ItemDetail>
59 - <UnitPrice>
60 <Money currency="USD">29.99</Money>
61 </UnitPrice>
62 <ShortName>Little;reg; pxxxx® Learning System</ShortName>
63 </ItemDetail>
64 - <Tax>
65 <Money currency="USD">1.68</Money>
66 <Description />
67 - <TaxDetail category="sales">
68 - <TaxAmount>
69 <Money currency="USD">1.68</Money>
70 </TaxAmount>
71 <TaxLocation>AZ</TaxLocation>
72 </TaxDetail>
73 </Tax>
74 - <Tax>
75 <Money currency="USD">0.68</Money>
76 <Description />
77 - <TaxDetail category="sales">
78 - <TaxAmount>
79 <Money currency="USD">0.68</Money>
80 </TaxAmount>
81 <TaxLocation>DISTRICT</TaxLocation>
82 </TaxDetail>
83 </Tax>
84 </Detail>
85 </Recordset>'),'/Recordset/Header'))) s
86 ,TABLE(XMLSEQUENCE(EXTRACT(c.COLUMN_VALUE,
87 '/Recordset/Detail'))) c
88 ,TABLE(XMLSEQUENCE(EXTRACT(t.COLUMN_VALUE,
89 '/Recordset/Detail/Tax'))) t
90 /
,TABLE(XMLSEQUENCE(EXTRACT(c.COLUMN_VALUE,
ERROR at line 86:
ORA-00904: "C"."COLUMN_VALUE": invalid identifier
Here is my XML Data
<Recordset>
<Header dueDate="2007-01-17T16:09:05" orderDate="2004-01-17" orderID="0009" transactionID="1389"
type="new">
<KeyIndex>2</KeyIndex>
<BillTo>
<Address addressID="5619" isoCountryCode="US">
<Name>fMat</Name>
<PostalAddress name="default">
<Street>34545 </Street>
<City>dfgfg</City>
<State>AZ</State>
<PostalCode>85086-1693</PostalCode>
<County>Maricopa</County>
<Country>US</Country>
</PostalAddress>
<Email name="default">[email protected]</Email>
</Address>
</BillTo>
<PromotionCode/>
<SubTotal>
<Money currency="USD">32.49</Money>
</SubTotal>
<Tax>
<Money currency="USD">2.32</Money>
<Description/>
</Tax>
<Shipping>
<Money currency="USD">8.95</Money>
<Description/>
</Shipping>
</Header>
<Detail lineNumber="1" quantity="1">
<ItemDetail>
<UnitPrice>
<Money currency="USD">29.99</Money>
</UnitPrice>
<ShortName>Little;reg; pxxxx® Learning System </ShortName>
</ItemDetail>
<Tax>
<Money currency="USD">1.68</Money>
<Description/>
<TaxDetail category="sales">
<TaxAmount>
<Money currency="USD">1.68</Money>
</TaxAmount>
<TaxLocation>AZ</TaxLocation>
</TaxDetail>
</Tax>
</Detail>
<Detail lineNumber="2" quantity="1">
<ItemDetail>
<UnitPrice>
<Money currency="USD">29.99</Money>
</UnitPrice>
<ShortName>Little;reg; pxxxx® Learning System </ShortName>
</ItemDetail>
<Tax>
<Money currency="USD">1.68</Money>
<Description/>
<TaxDetail category="sales">
<TaxAmount>
<Money currency="USD">1.68</Money>
</TaxAmount>
<TaxLocation>AZ</TaxLocation>
</TaxDetail>
</Tax>
<Tax>
<Money currency="USD">0.68</Money>
<Description/>
<TaxDetail category="sales">
<TaxAmount>
<Money currency="USD">0.68</Money>
</TaxAmount>
<TaxLocation>DISTRICT</TaxLocation>
</TaxDetail>
</Tax>
</Detail>
</Recordset>
Thanks

XML file to Oracle Table

Hello friends,
Can you please help me with the following requirements?
I have a xml structure like this
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<data>
<var name="document">
<string>Sales Order</String>
</var>
<var name="results">
<recordset rowcount="2">
<field name="sales_num">
<string>12345</string>
<string>A0192</string>
</field>
<field name="ord_qty">
<string>10</string>
<string>50</string>
</field>
</recordset>
</var>
</data>
I have to read this xml file and copy the data to the Oracle table
Sales Table
CREATE TABLE SALES
SALES_NUM VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
ORD_QTY NUMBER(4)
Expected Result
x. Sales Num Ord Qty
1. 12345 10
2. A0192 50
I tried to follow the approach provided in this link http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/9i/ParseXMLDocuments9i.php . But it doesn't work with the XML structure I have.
Thanks,
Mahesh

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I have a large xml file. which will have hundreds of the following transaction tags having column names and there values.
There is a table one of the schema with coulums "actualCostRate","billRate"....etc.
I need to extract the values of these columns and insert into the table
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