10g XMLTABLE - can I return XMLTYPE col as well as extract specific columns

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Currently, we have a giant XML column which contains many parts to it. We split those into individual parts via XMLSEQUENCE and then loop through to extract information from two other XMLTYLE columns. I'd like to be able to use XMLTABLE to join the XMLTYPE columns to each other in one SQL statement, as I think it should be more efficient. (We're having issues when the big XML column has 400 or more parts in it - looping and doing extract values on two xmltype columns 400+ times is proving slow going!)
Anyway, what I'd like to do is use XMLTABLE to produce a table-like structure for each column, then join them so that 1st part in col1 = 1st part in col2 = 1st part in col3.
I've looked around at the documentation and google, but I'm getting stuck at one particular point - I would like to return both the XMLTYPE and specific extracted values from that XMLTYPE as part of the XMLTABLE on each column. I just can't seem to find a way to do it.
Here's an example (that I've nabbed from http://thinktibits.blogspot.com/2011/03/oracle-xmltable-example-part-1.html ) that will hopefully explain more clearly what I'd like to do, taking just one column to start with:
CREATE TABLE xml_test
(NOTEBOOK XMLTYPE);
insert into xml_test values ('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Product Type=''Laptop''><Notebook Brand="HP" Model="Pavilion dv6-3132TX Notebook"><Harddisk>640 GB</Harddisk><Processor>Intel Core i7</Processor><RAM>4 GB</RAM></Notebook><Notebook Brand="HP" Model="HP Pavilion dv6-3032TX Notebook"><Harddisk>640 GB</Harddisk><Processor>Intel Core i7</Processor><RAM>6 GB</RAM></Notebook><Notebook Brand="Toshiba" Model="Satellite A660/07R 3D Notebook"><Harddisk>640 GB</Harddisk><Processor>Intel Core i7</Processor><RAM>4 GB</RAM></Notebook><Notebook Brand="Toshiba" Model="Satellite A660/15J Notebook"><Harddisk>640 GB</Harddisk><Processor>Intel Core i5</Processor><RAM>6 GB</RAM></Notebook></Product>');
commit;
SELECT NOTEBOOKS1.*
FROM xml_test PO,
       XMLTable('//Notebook' PASSING PO.NOTEBOOK) notebooks1;
COLUMN_VALUE
<Notebook Brand="HP" Model="Pavilion dv6-3132TX Notebook"><Harddisk>640 GB</Harddisk><Processor>Intel Core i7</Processor><RAM>4 GB</RAM></Notebook>
<Notebook Brand="HP" Model="HP Pavilion dv6-3032TX Notebook"><Harddisk>640 GB</Harddisk><Processor>Intel Core i7</Processor><RAM>6 GB</RAM></Notebook>
<Notebook Brand="Toshiba" Model="Satellite A660/07R 3D Notebook"><Harddisk>640 GB</Harddisk><Processor>Intel Core i7</Processor><RAM>4 GB</RAM></Notebook>
<Notebook Brand="Toshiba" Model="Satellite A660/15J Notebook"><Harddisk>640 GB</Harddisk><Processor>Intel Core i5</Processor><RAM>6 GB</RAM></Notebook>
4 rows selected.
SELECT NOTEBOOKS2.*
FROM xml_test PO,
       XMLTable('//Notebook' PASSING PO.NOTEBOOK
       COLUMNS row_num for ordinality,
                "BrandType"    CHAR(10) PATH '@Brand',
                "ProductModel" CHAR(50) PATH '@Model',
                "Harddisk" CHAR(10) PATH 'Harddisk',
                "Processor" CHAR(20) PATH 'Processor',
                "RAM" CHAR(10) PATH 'RAM') AS NOTEBOOKS2;
   ROW_NUM BrandType ProductModel                                       Harddisk   Processor            RAM
         1 HP         Pavilion dv6-3132TX Notebook                       640 GB     Intel Core i7        4 GB
         2 HP         HP Pavilion dv6-3032TX Notebook                    640 GB     Intel Core i7        6 GB
         3 Toshiba    Satellite A660/07R 3D Notebook                     640 GB     Intel Core i7        4 GB
         4 Toshiba    Satellite A660/15J Notebook                        640 GB     Intel Core i5        6 GB
4 rows selected.What I'd like is to have the COLUMN_VALUE contents from the first select to appear as a column in the second select - is it possible?
At worst case, I could do a join, only that produces a cartesian product because I don't know how to label the rows from within the first query's XMLTABLE (if I used rownum in the query itself, does that guarentee to come out in the same order as the XMLTABLE results? Would part 1 always be labeled row 1, part 2 row2, etc?).
I hope that makes some sort of sense - I'm not up on XML terms, sadly.
ETA: If there's no way of doing this via XMLTABLE, is there any other way of achieving it?
Edited by: Boneist on 02-Dec-2011 17:14

Hi,
Define an additional XMLType projection in the COLUMNS clause with PATH = '.' (the context item) :
SQL> set long 500
SQL>
SQL> SELECT x1.*
2 FROM xml_test t
3     , XMLTable('/Product/Notebook' PASSING t.notebook
4         COLUMNS rn FOR ORDINALITY
5               , BrandType      VARCHAR2(10) PATH '@Brand'
6               , ProductModel   VARCHAR2(50) PATH '@Model'
7               , Harddisk       VARCHAR2(10) PATH 'Harddisk'
8               , Processor      VARCHAR2(20) PATH 'Processor'
9               , RAM            VARCHAR2(10) PATH 'RAM'
10               , NoteBook_node XMLType      PATH '.'
11       ) x1
12 ;
        RN BRANDTYPE PRODUCTMODEL                                       HARDDISK   PROCESSOR            RAM        NOTEBOOK_NODE
         1 HP         Pavilion dv6-3132TX Notebook                       640 GB     Intel Core i7        4 GB       <Notebook Brand="HP" Model="Pavilion dv6-3132TX Notebook">
                                                                                                                      <Harddisk>640 GB</Harddisk>
                                                                                                                      <Processor>Intel Core i7</Processor>
                                                                                                                      <RAM>4 GB</RAM>
                                                                                                                    </Notebook>
         2 HP         HP Pavilion dv6-3032TX Notebook                    640 GB     Intel Core i7        6 GB       <Notebook Brand="HP" Model="HP Pavilion dv6-3032TX Notebook">
                                                                                                                      <Harddisk>640 GB</Harddisk>
                                                                                                                      <Processor>Intel Core i7</Processor>
                                                                                                                      <RAM>6 GB</RAM>
                                                                                                                    </Notebook>
         3 Toshiba    Satellite A660/07R 3D Notebook                     640 GB     Intel Core i7        4 GB       <Notebook Brand="Toshiba" Model="Satellite A660/07R 3D Notebook">
                                                                                                                      <Harddisk>640 GB</Harddisk>
                                                                                                                      <Processor>Intel Core i7</Processor>
                                                                                                                      <RAM>4 GB</RAM>
                                                                                                                    </Notebook>
         4 Toshiba    Satellite A660/15J Notebook                        640 GB     Intel Core i5        6 GB       <Notebook Brand="Toshiba" Model="Satellite A660/15J Notebook">
                                                                                                                      <Harddisk>640 GB</Harddisk>
                                                                                                                      <Processor>Intel Core i5</Processor>
                                                                                                                      <RAM>6 GB</RAM>
                                                                                                                    </Notebook>
I'm not sure I understand the rest of your requirement.
Do you want to further break the generated XMLType into a set of relational rows, or repeat the operation on different columns from the same base table?

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I am still within one year of purchase so therefore my warranty should apply right? Can I return my nano to Apple for a full refund? I was looking all over the Apple website but could not find a service where I could return my iPod instead of repairing it.

Honestly, the nano is a great player for kids. I assume you bought the new 2nd generation nanos. The problem is, like most new released products the people that buy them in the initial release months tend to be the ones that deal with the bugs that will mostly likely exist. At this time you get the double whammy of a new/upgrade product release AND a new iTunes...double the opportunity for bugs that us early purchasers get the "joy" of experiencing. Like the poster before me mentioned, it might be a good idea to post in another thread or start a new one that specifically explains the problem. There could be a fix that one of the many regulars on here can provide you that would make it so that your kids can truly enjoy their new players. If you are not really interested in that avenue though then I would say that any replacement (I assume you mean a player made by another company) that you choose for your kids should be one that is a flash player (not a hard drive) as it can handle the active lives of kids. Sorry, I can't suggest any brands because I am a generally happy iPod owner for several years and don't know much about other players through personal use. I know other people that have used other brands and there is the even mix of unhappy and happy people....just like with any product.
Good luck with whatever you choose.

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