Xml Data Extraction

I´ve a XmlType Column with the below xml and the the basic question is:
How could be the select instruction to select the Length of the DNAME column (element) ?
Table: Tmp_Xml
Column: xmltext
Oracle 9i
Sorry, but I´m confused about that.
Thanks in advanced
<Tablespace>
<Name>SYSTEM</Name>
<Status>ONLINE</Status>
<Table>
<Name>DEPT</Name>
<Analyzed></Analyzed>
<Column>
<Id>1</Id>
<Name>DEPTNO</Name>
<Type>NUMBER</Type>
<Length>22</Length>
</Column>
<Column>
<Id>2</Id>
*<Name>DNAME</Name>*
<Type>VARCHAR2</Type>
*<Length>14</Length>*
</Column>
<Column>
<Id>3</Id>
<Name>LOC</Name>
<Type>VARCHAR2</Type>
<Length>13</Length>
</Column>
</Table>
</Tablespace>

This should work on 9i, but I don't have access to that version to verify.
SELECT Extract(xmltext, '/Tablespace/Table/Column[Name="DNAME"]/Length/text()').getStringVal() ln
FROM tmp_xml;

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You can register the schema in the database and then use the XML to create an XMLType instance associated to the schema and then validate the XML that way. One example can be found at XML DB FAQ and here is another example Re: XML Schema validation
Hope that helps you continue on.

How to read XML data stored in CLOB in Concurrent prog Output

Hi All,
I'm trying to Generate the XML Data as concurrent Program output. I have a PL/SQL package which generated the XML data by using SQL/XML functions. I'm storing the generated XML data in a CLOB variable. But when i try to read the data using fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.OUTPUT,XML_Data) it doesn't display data more than 32767 bytes.
Please help me out to understand what could be done to read the data in chunks. I have tried many logic's to print chunks of data but the output tags are either chopped off and errors out saying Tag not found.
My logic is as below:
v_handler:= DBMS_XMLGEN.newContext(v_xml_query);
--Sets NULL handling options
DBMS_XMLGen.SetNullHandling(v_handler, dbms_xmlgen.EMPTY_TAG ) ;
--Set special character handling
DBMS_XMLGEN.setConvertSpecialChars(v_handler, TRUE);
-- Specified whether to use an XML attribute to indicate NULLness of particular entity in the XML document
DBMS_XMLGen.useNullAttributeIndicator(v_handler,TRUE);
-- set Checking invalid chars
DBMS_XMLGEN.setCheckInvalidChars(v_handler, TRUE);
-- get the xml data as required
v_xml_data:= DBMS_XMLGEN.getXMLtype(v_handler);
SELECT XMLROOT(v_xml_data.extract('/*'),VERSION '1.0').getClobVal() into v_new_xml_Data from dual;
-- get the length of the xml generated
v_clob_len := dbms_lob.getlength(v_new_xml_Data);
FND_FILE.PUT_LINE(FND_FILE.LOG,'The Clob length is :'|| v_clob_len);
-- logic to process string more than 32767 Processing by each character
v_offset :=1;
while (v_offset <= v_clob_len)
LOOP
v_char := dbms_lob.substr(v_new_xml_Data, 1, v_offset);
IF (v_char = CHR(10))
then
fnd_file.new_line(fnd_file.output, 1);
else
fnd_file.put(fnd_file.output, v_char);
end if;
v_offset := v_offset + 1;
END LOOP;
FND_FILE.PUT_LINE(FND_FILE.LOG,'The offset is :'|| v_offset);
FND_FILE.NEW_LINE(FND_FILE.OUTPUT, 1);
THe above logic is for character by character which is a performance burden? Please let me know if there is any other work around for this

Hi,
Thanks for Replying. I have refered http://blog.oraclecontractors.com/?p=69 and then i added that piece of code. Basically, i'm trying to generate a report using XML publisher. To generate the XML data i'm writing a pl/sql package with SQl/XML functions. DBMS_XMLGEN would help me convert the XML Data as is. When the concurrent program runs this XML data will merge with RTF layout and generate required report. I'm able to generate the Report for data less then 32767 bytes. More than the limit i need to pass chunks of XML data to read as output. That's the reason i'm using fnd_file.output. But it reads only 32767 size at a time.
WHen i use the given logic, it works perfectly fine, but it loops for each character, for example if you have 30,000 characters it loops the same, which is peformance burden.
So i tried to write the logic of chunks but still i get the error that XML tag is not found or missing. I'm hoping this is very common issue, but after all my trails, i didn't find the right solution.
the other logic i tried was :
v_new_xml_data varchar2(32767)
v_iterations := CEIL(v_clob_len/v_chunk_length); -- v_chunk_length is 32767 and v_clob_length is length of the XML data stored inthe clob variable
For i in 0..v_iterations
LOOP
FND_FILE.put_line (fnd_file.log,'the loops v_pos :'||i||' and v_clob_length :'||v_clob_len);
v_new_xml_data := DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR ( V_XML_DATA,v_chunk_length,(i*v_chunk_length)+1);
FND_FILE.PUT_LINE (FND_FILE.OUTPUT,v_new_xml_data); -- read the output for every 32767 chunks
FND_FILE.PUT_LINE(FND_FILE.LOG, 'Chunk length is :'||((i*v_chunk_length)+1));
END LOOP;
FND_FILE.put_line (fnd_file.log,'out of loop');
FND_FILE.put_line (fnd_file.log,'length of new xml is '||v_clob_len);
Please, let me know if you need Further clarifications on the same.

Parsing XML data stored as CLOB in DB and save attribute values in table

Hello,
I have a CLOB column in table that is holding XML data as follows,
<banners>
<banner-image id="0">
<type>BANNER</type>
<local-path>http.gif</local-path>
<click-through-url>www</click-through-url>
<make>Acura</make>
</banner-image>
<banner-image id="1">
<type>BANNER</type>
<local-path>http.gif</local-path>
<click-through-url>gfrty</click-through-url>
<make>BMW</make>
</banner-image>
</banners>
Now I need to parse thru the above XML data and pull the attribute values to store in another table as follows,
BANNER_IMAGE_ID | TYPE | LOCAL_PATH | CLICK_URL | MAKE
0 | BANNER | http.gif | www | Acura
1 | BANNER | http.gif | gfrty | BMW
And XML data doesn't always end up with 2 rows in this table....some times it may be 3 or 4 as well. It is just that in this example it ended up with 2 rows.
So, I would appreciate if someone can help me find a generic way of doing this,
Thank you in advance,
Madhu.

This is not a reply.. sorry.
I took have a similar problem only..
can you pls help me
XML structure.
<PODetails>
<POHeader>
<CurrencyID>INR</CurrencyID>
<ExchangeRate>1</ExchangeRate>
<RefNo>0080000110</RefNo>
<VendorID>1200</VendorID>
<TransDate>2006-12-20</TransDate>
<DocRelationshipId>PURCHASE</DocRelationshipId>
<LocationID>0000102327</LocationID>
</POHeader>
<POItemDetails>
<ItemID>ARSH1332</ItemID>
<Size>L HS</Size>
<Quality>Q1</Quality>
<CustPO>rush order</CustPO>
<UOM>PC</UOM>
<Quantity>3.000</Quantity>
<PriceValue>2509.5</PriceValue>
<TaxAmount>0.00</TaxAmount>
</POItemDetails>
<POItemDetails>
<ItemID>ARSH1332</ItemID>
<Size>M HS</Size>
<Quality>Q1</Quality>
<CustPO>rush order</CustPO>
<UOM>PC</UOM>
<Quantity>2.000</Quantity>
<PriceValue>1673</PriceValue>
<TaxAmount>0.00</TaxAmount>
</POItemDetails>
<POItemDetails>
<ItemID>ARSH1556</ItemID>
<Size>39FS</Size>
<Quality>Q1</Quality>
<CustPO>rush order</CustPO>
<UOM>PC</UOM>
<Quantity>1.000</Quantity>
<PriceValue>836.5</PriceValue>
<TaxAmount>0.00</TaxAmount>
</POItemDetails>
</PODetails>
The DB is ORACLE 9i
This is stored in a XML table of type XMLTYPE.
THIS I USED THE .extract function to get the values of the nodes.
POHeader details are working fine. But when i get the POItemDetails i am getting 'ARSH1332ARSH1332ARSH1556' when i issue the command
select a.extract('/PODetails/POItemDetails/ItemID/text()').getStringVal() ItemID
FROM xmltable a
WHERE a.existsnode('//POItemDetails/ItemID')=1
Pls Help..
Regds,
Santhoshkumar.G.

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I have xml data in this format and need to store in the lineitem table by generating three new values for each row ie line identifier(sys_guid),begin_date and end_date.
<LineItems>
<LineItem>
<BASE_TYPE>SRV</BASE_TYPE>
<ORDER_NUM>124089304</ORDER_NUM>
<WIP_STATUS>S</WIP_STATUS>
<WIP_STATUS_DATE>8/1/2006 8:44:55 PM</WIP_STATUS_DATE>
<order_date>6/21/2006 12:00:00 AM</order_date>
<IP_DATE>6/21/2006 12:00:00 AM</IP_DATE>
</LineItem>
<LineItem>
<BASE_TYPE>SRV</BASE_TYPE>
<ORDER_NUM>124089304</ORDER_NUM>
<WIP_STATUS>S</WIP_STATUS>
<WIP_STATUS_DATE>8/1/2006 8:44:55 PM</WIP_STATUS_DATE>
<order_date>6/21/2006 12:00:00 AM</order_date>
<IP_DATE>6/21/2006 12:00:00 AM</IP_DATE>
</LineItem>
</LineItems>
and using this method to insert
SELECT EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/BASE_TYPE'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/ORDER_NUM'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/WIP_STATUS'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/WIP_STATUS_DATE')),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/ORDER_DATE')),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/IP_DATE')),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/SHIP_BY_DATE')),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/CUSTOMER_SRC'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/CUSTOMER_LOC'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/CUSTOMER_NUM'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/ACCOUNT_TYPE'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/OVERPACK_FLAG'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/INTERNATIONAL_FLAG'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/MULTIPLE_SYSTEM_TIES'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/ORDER_TIE_NUM'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/TIE_STATUS'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/PK_GEN'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/QTY_REQD'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/WORKCENTER_ID'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/SI_NUMBER'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/MFG_SCHED_FACILITY_ID'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/MFG_FACILITY_ID'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/PILOT_NAME'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/ENG_HOLD_FLAG'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/SHORT_FLAG'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/OVR_SHORTAGE'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/USER_HOLD_FLAG'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/SHIP_TO_ADDRESS_SEQ_NUM'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/CALICO_REF_NUM'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/CONFIG_ID'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/TOTAL_UNITS_QTY'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/ORDER_TYPE'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/SKU'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/SUB_ASSEMBLY_NUMBER'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/BASE_ASM_FLAG'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/QTY_REQ'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/ORIGINAL_PART_NUMBER'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/SUBSTITUTE_PART_NUMBER'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/QTY_EXTENDED'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/ISSUE_CODE'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/ORIG_PART_DESC'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/ORIG_COMMODITY_CODE'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/ORIG_PRINT_ON_TRAVELER_FLAG'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/ORIG_BOX_CODE'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/SUBST_PART_DESC'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/SUBST_COMMODITY_CODE'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/SUBST_PRINT_ON_TRAVELER_FLAG'),
EXTRACTVALUE(VALUE(T), 'LineItem/SUBST_BOX_CODE')
BULK COLLECT INTO
V_BASE_TYPE,
V_ORDER_NUM,
V_WIP_STATUS,
V_WIP_STATUS_DATE,
V_ORDER_DATE,
V_IP_DATE,
V_SHIP_BY_DATE,
V_CUSTOMER_SRC,
V_CUSTOMER_LOC,
V_CUSTOMER_NUM,
V_ACCOUNT_TYPE,
V_OVERPACK_FLAG,
V_INTERNATIONAL_FLAG,
V_MULTIPLE_SYSTEM_TIES,
V_ORDER_TIE_NUM,
V_TIE_STATUS,
V_PK_GEN,
V_QTY_REQD,
V_WORKCENTER_ID,
V_SI_NUMBER,
V_MFG_SCHED_FACILITY_ID,
V_MFG_FACILITY_ID,
V_PILOT_NAME,
V_ENG_HOLD_FLAG,
V_SHORT_FLAG,
V_OVR_SHORTAGE,
V_USER_HOLD_FLAG,
V_SHIP_TO_ADDRESS_SEQ_NUM,
V_CALICO_REF_NUM,
V_CONFIG_ID,
V_TOTAL_UNITS_QTY,
V_ORDER_TYPE,
V_SKU#,
V_SUB_ASSEMBLY_NUMBER,
V_BASE_ASM_FLAG,
V_QTY_REQ,
V_ORIGINAL_PART_NUMBER,
V_SUBSTITUTE_PART_NUMBER,
V_QTY_EXTENDED,
V_ISSUE_CODE,
V_ORIG_PART_DESC,
V_ORIG_COMMODITY_CODE,
V_ORIG_PRINT_ON_TRAVELER_FLAG,
V_ORIG_BOX_CODE,
V_SUBST_PART_DESC,
V_SUBST_COMMODITY_CODE,
V_SUBST_PRINT_ON_TRAVELER_FLAG,
V_SUBST_BOX_CODE
FROM TABLE(XMLSEQUENCE(EXTRACT(P_PODETAILS_XML, '/LineItems/LineItem'))) T
but getting performace problem. I'm able to insert 100 lines items in 3 sec but requirement is further less.
Any help..... ????
thanks in adavance..

hi..
me too having same type of XML data to be inserted into oracle table
i've to write procedure for this
can u help me plz.....

R12 Payment Process Request Status Report adding extra columns to XML data.

In 11i, we had modified the Preliminary Payment Report to include extra columns ( invoice distributions). In r12 , that report is obsolete and Oracle introduced a new report "Payment Process Request Status Report". This request uses BI Publisher to generate the final report output. I am unable to modify the template since the XML output of the report does not
contain the invoice distribution account data. We need to know how can we modify the XML data to include the extra columns.
For Funds Disbursement Process ( Payment Instruction File) , Oracle provides IBY_FD_EXTRACT_EXT_PUB extensibility package to construct custom XML element structure that can be added to the payment XML extract generated by Oracle Payments. Do we have something similar for this report ? Are there any other options available ?
Thanks

Hi
The same package "IBY_FD_EXTRACT_EXT_PUB" works for payment process request status report also. Please add the logic to get the distribution data in this package and you will see the new XML tags in this report also.
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