Availability of the SQL/XML functions (XMLELEMENT, etc.) in Oracle 10g XE

Question

Hi,
I have installed Oracle 10g XE on a Windows PC. According to the Oracle XML DB Developer's Guide p.2-1, the installation of the Oracle XML DB can be checked via the following commands:
select * from all_users;
describe resource_view
I ran both commands and got the desired output according to the Developer's guide, i.e.: The user XDB exists and so does the view resource_view. However, when I ran a small test with the XMLELEMENT function, then I got unsatisfactory results:
Example:
SELECT
XMLELEMENT (
NAME Land,
XMLATTRIBUTES (L.LCode AS LCode),
XMLELEMENT (NAME LName, L.LName)
) AS Mondial
FROM Land L;
Output on Oracle 10g XE:
MONDIAL
SYS.XMLTYPE
SYS.XMLTYPE
SYS.XMLTYPE
SYS.XMLTYPE
Expected output (which I got from a successful run on an Oracle 10g EE Server):
MONDIAL
<LAND LCODE="A "><LNAME>Austria</LNAME></LAND>
<LAND LCODE="F "><LNAME>France</LNAME></LAND>
<LAND LCODE="D "><LNAME>Germany</LNAME></LAND>
<LAND LCODE="I "><LNAME>Italy</LNAME></LAND>
i.e., rather than the four XML elements, I just got four times the output sys.xmltype - which is of course useless. What can I do to get the desired output? Thank you for your help.
Reini, user524179

Answer 1

What program are you using to run the sql? Are you sure you are using sql*plus for getting this?
Output on Oracle 10g XE:
MONDIAL
SYS.XMLTYPE
SYS.XMLTYPE
SYS.XMLTYPE
SYS.XMLTYPE