BLOB to XML Type conversion

Hello All,
I have a blob column on a table that has been used to store xml files. I would like to pull out all these files and load them into a table with an xmltype column.
I have been trying to use dbms_lob to write a function that converts blob to clob wich I can then load into the new table.
I seem to be able to convert the clob ok, but when it goes to parse the xml to load into the table I get "LPX-00210: EXPECTED '<' INSTEAD OF '4' .....
I think this has to do with the characterset not being utf-8. I have tried using raw as well and get the same error.
Has anyone been able to do this that has a function they can share.
Thanks in advance,
Curt

10g provides a new constructor that will work if you know the character set of the BLOB data
FINAL CONSTRUCTOR FUNCTION XMLTYPE RETURNS SELF AS RESULT
Argument Name Type In/Out Default?
XMLDATA BLOB IN
CSID NUMBER IN
SCHEMA VARCHAR2 IN DEFAULT
VALIDATED NUMBER IN DEFAULT
WELLFORMED NUMBER IN DEFAULT
you would do xmltype(BLOB,nls_charset_id(BLOB_CHARSET))

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what are the invalid data type conversions in ABAP ???
Moderator message: please search for available information/documentation.
Edited by: Thomas Zloch on Mar 10, 2012 6:01 PM

No Amanda,
The values that I see in message monitor are also those that comes to XSLT programs as input.
I investigated our problem a little further myself:
1) XI always converts messages into XML format - this everybody knows.
2) In XI documentation it is declared that XI uses ISO 8601 for DATE type formatting. That's why you see dates in format YYYY-MM-DD in XML data in message monitoring.
3) The appearance of those decimal values are not that obvious for me. If XI uses ABAP transformation for message content then applies the rules for converting ABAP data types into XML. For this there is a SAP document 'ABAP - XML mapping' from TechEd2004. This document seems to describe how ABAP data types are handled by XML transformation.
Anyway, we currently need to play with decimal values in XSLT mapping programs inside XI:
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IDOCType PORDCR101 : XML IDoc conversion: No known segments identified

Hello all,
I'm strugling with the mapping to the IDOC create puchase order PORDCR1.PORDCR101.
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<SAP:P4 />
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We just implemented two other IDOC's (DELVRY03 and WMMBID02) and they arrive at SAP without problmens.
Hope you have form ideas to get me out of this one.
Tnx and best regards.
Bart.

Hi Bart,
We had a similar problem.... It took us 2 days to find out what the problem was... Nothing on SDN was helpfull so far... First we incremented the trace level of XI to see the debug messages... Then we saw that certain segments could not be identified and are ignored, others not...
So further investigation in IDX2 to the specific IDoc with problems showed us a list with all used segments and their versions. Some segments had only 1, others had more versions....
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cheers!
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linkint NUMBER;
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RETURN linkstring;
END;
=====
Offending calling code:
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=====
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Many thanks for your assistance.
Ingram

Many thanks for the reply, but I'm not sure how that would work. I wish to do a global regexp_replace on all instances of '<link> ([[:digit:]]*)>' within my XML document, with the return value from the GETLINK function.
So for instance.
The return value of GETLINK could be in format:
<a href="\1">
so an XML document of:
=====
<doc>
<link 12>Test Link</link>
some content
<link 783>A second Test Link</link>
</doc>
=====
would return as:
=====
<doc>
<a href="12">Test Link</link>
some content
<a href="783">A second Test Link</link>
</doc>
=====
Obviously I would then do the other replacements to fix broken XML with the non matching end tags etc.
TIA

ORACLE8I - LONG TYPE을 LOB TYPE으로 CONVERSION하는 방법(TO_LOB)

제품 : ORACLE SERVER
작성날짜 : 2002-04-12
ORACLE8I - LONG TYPE을 LOB TYPE으로 CONVERSION하는 방법(TO_LOB)
===============================================================
Purpose
Long type의 data를 lob type으로 conversion하는 to_lob function에 대해
알아보자.
Explanation
Oracle8 부터 long 이나 long raw type과는 별도로 lob type이 추가되었다.
long 이나 long raw type을 clob 또는 blob type으로 변경하기 위해서는
Oracle8 에서는 데이타를 다시 입력해야 했지만, Oracle8i 에서는 추가된
TO_LOB function을 이용하여 간단히 data migration을 할 수 있다.
TO_LOB function은 보통 create table .. as select .. 문장이나
insert into .. select .. 문장에서 쉽게 사용할 수 있다.
Example
[예제1] long type의 데이타를 clob type으로 옮기는 방법
아래의 예제에서 type만 long raw와 blob 로 바꾸어도 가능하다.
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2 (1, 'This is some long data to be migrated to a CLOB');
1 row created.
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2 (c1 number, c2 clob);
Table created.
SQL> desc test_lobs
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C1 NUMBER
C2 CLOB
SQL> insert into test_lobs
2 select c1, to_lob(c2) from long_data;
1 row created.
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C2
This is some long data to be migrated to a CLOB
[예제2] long type을 clob type으로 바꾸어 table 생성하는 방법
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Table created.
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C1 NUMBER
C2 CLOB
[예제3] long raw type을 blob type으로 바꾸어 table 생성하는 방법
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C1 NUMBER
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Greg Pike
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Gennady Sigalaev wrote:
PL/SQL in TimesTen does not support large objects (LOBs), Internet data types (XMLType, URIType, HttpURIType), or "Any" data types (AnyType, AnyData, AnyDataSet).
More information you can find in documentation (http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13085_01/welcome.html)
From Oracle's website: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/timesten/documentation/1121-historic-183693.html
"You can cache Oracle LOB data in TimesTen cache groups. Oracle CLOB data is cached as TimesTen VARCHAR2 data. Oracle BLOB data is cached as TimesTen VARBINARY data. Oracle NCLOB data is cached as TimesTen NVARCHAR2 data."
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Hi,
I have the following xml type parameter in my request query that I use in reporting services.
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<d4p1:AccountNumber>12345</d4p1:AccountNumber>
<d4p1:AccountType>Sales</d4p1:AccountType>
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</DefaultValue>
I want to know how I can assign values to the accountDetails parameter from report parameters, I've tried to call it from the dataset parameter properties but it doesn't return any values. I created Parameters!accountDetails.Value on the dataset parameters
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You're help will be highly appreciated as I've been trying to solve this for a while now

Hi Alisa,
Perhaps I should explain my problem clearly...
This is my query request that I send to the webservice:
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Hi,
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Hello,
>> I am surprised how Implicit and explicit Type conversion works using Type object in heap.
For Implicit conversions: Typical examples are conversions from smaller to larger integral types, and conversions from derived classes to base classes. For the first one, the reference would be different which means it would return a different pointer to
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Custom action with XML type input and output parameter.

Hi,
I want to develop custom action with xml type input and/or output parameter.
Is there sample code for java side. How is the definition of input and/or output parameter and set/get methods?
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Thanks.

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Hi all,
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i have inserted some data in it
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ex:
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<Chapter>ch1<Chapter>
<Chapter>ch2<Chapter>
</Chapters>')
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for the result of xml instance in the table to be:
<Chapters>
<Chapter>ch1<Chapter>
<Chapter>ch2<Chapter>
<Chapter>ch3<Chapter>
</Chapters>
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SQL> DECLARE
2      l_xml      XMLTYPE := XMLTYPE('<Chapters>
3 <Chapter>ch1</Chapter>
4 <Chapter>ch2</Chapter>
5 </Chapters>');
6      l_xsl      XMLTYPE;
7      l_new_node VARCHAR2(100) := '<Chapter>ch3</Chapter>';
8 BEGIN
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10      dbms_output.put_line('----------------------------------------------------------------');
11      dbms_output.put_line(l_xml.getStringVal());
12      dbms_output.put_line('----------------------------------------------------------------');
13      l_xsl := XMLTYPE('<?xml version="1.0"?>' ||
14                       '<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"' ||
15                       ' version="1.0"' || ' result-ns=""' || ' indent="no">' ||
16                       '<xsl:output method="xml" media-type="text/xml" indent="no"/>' ||
17                       '<xsl:template match="/">' ||
18                           '<' ||l_xml.getRootElement() || '>' ||
19                               ' <xsl:for-each select="/' || l_xml.getRootElement() ||'/Chapter">' ||
20                                   '<xsl:copy-of select="." />' ||
21                               '</xsl:for-each>' ||
22                               l_new_node ||
23                           '</' || l_xml.getRootElement() || '>' ||
24                       '</xsl:template>' ||
25                       '</xsl:stylesheet>');
26      l_xml := l_xml.Transform(l_xsl);
27      dbms_output.put_line('After adding node:');
28      dbms_output.put_line('----------------------------------------------------------------');
29      dbms_output.put_line(l_xml.getStringVal());
30      dbms_output.put_line('----------------------------------------------------------------');
31 END;
32 /
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<Chapters>
<Chapter>ch1</Chapter>
<Chapter>ch2</Chapter>
</Chapters>
After adding node:
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<Chapter>ch1</Chapter>
<Chapter>ch2</Chapter>
<Chapter>ch3</Chapter>
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PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
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ORA-19007 when coping a table with an xml type in it to a new schema in the same database.
Hi all,
When I copy a table with an xml type in it to a new schema in the same database I get an ora-19009.
The setup is as follows I have a schema a with table TABLE_WITH_XMLTYPE where data is:
CREATE
TABLE TABLE_WITH_XMLTYPE
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XMLTYPE COLUMN SEARCH_PROPERTIES XMLSCHEMA
"http://xxxxxxx.net/FolderProperties.xsd" element "FolderProperties"
VARRAY SEARCH_PROPERTIES."XMLDATA"."PROPERTIES"."PROPERTY" STORE AS TABLE
PROPERTY_TABLE
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SCHEMAURL => 'http://xxxxxxx.net/FolderProperties.xsd',
SCHEMADOC =>
'<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xdb="http://xmlns.oracle.com/xdb"
xdb:storeVarrayAsTable="true">
<xs:element name="FolderProperties"
type="FolderPropertiesType"
xdb:defaultTable="FOLDER_SEARCH_PROPERTIES" />
<xs:complexType name="FolderPropertiesType" xdb:SQLType="FOLDERPROPERTIES_T">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="FolderID" type="FolderIDType" minOccurs="1" xdb:SQLName="FOLDER_ID"/>
<xs:element name="Properties" type="PropertiesType" xdb:SQLName="PROPERTIES"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="PropertiesType" xdb:SQLType="PROPERTIES_T">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Property" type="PropertyType" maxOccurs="unbounded"
xdb:SQLName="PROPERTY" xdb:SQLCollType="PROPERTY_V"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="PropertyType" xdb:SQLType="PROPERTY_T">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="DateValue" type="DateType" xdb:SQLName="DATE_VALUE"/>
<xs:element name="NumValue" type="NumType" xdb:SQLName="NUM_VALUE"/>
<xs:element name="StringValue" type="StringType" xdb:SQLName="STRING_VALUE"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="Name" xdb:SQLName="NAME" xdb:SQLType="VARCHAR2">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:minLength value="1"/>
<xs:maxLength value="255"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:attribute>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:simpleType name="FolderIDType">
<xs:restriction base="xs:integer"/>
</xs:simpleType>
<xs:simpleType name="DateType">
<xs:restriction base="xs:dateTime"/>
</xs:simpleType>
<xs:simpleType name="NumType">
<xs:restriction base="xs:decimal"/>
</xs:simpleType>
<xs:simpleType name="StringType">
<xs:restriction base="xs:string" />
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:schema>',
LOCAL => TRUE,
GENTYPES => TRUE,
GENTABLES => FALSE);
END;
when I try to do the following insert:
insert into schemaB.TABLE_WITH_XMLTYPE ( FOLDER_ID, SEARCH_PROPERTIES)
select FOLDER_ID, SEARCH_PROPERTIES from schemaB.TABLE_WITH_XMLTYPE;
I’ll get an ora-19007.
Can some one point me in the right direction how to solve this error.
Thanks Roelof.

Who did you create the second table, in other words, how did you COPY the table as you said...
If you created the second table via a CTAS (create table as select) then you will have created a table that is not the same as the original one. AFAIK I have once created an enhancement request for this after discovering that JDeveloper, for example, creates a "copy" via a CTAS which creates the wrong structure. Double check via package DBMS_METADATA.
SQL> set long 1000000
SQL> select DBMS_METADATA('TABLE','TABLE_WITH_XMLTYPE','SchemaA') from dual;
SQL> select DBMS_METADATA('TABLE','TABLE_WITH_XMLTYPE','SchemaB') from dual;If you have got two different tables, than Mark's solution should help.
M.
Edited by: Marco Gralike on Feb 15, 2009 11:16 AM

The priority of different data type conversion

Hi All,
I want to know the priority of data type conversion rule. if in an expression, I have several kind of data type( I, P, F,N..).
Then finaly, all the data object will convert to which data type?
I don't know the priority of data conversion.
E.g.   data a type i. data b type p. data c type f.
         a = b + c.
or    data d type p, data e type f.
      if ( d > f ).
Then who will convert to who's type?
Thanks and Regards.
Aaron

For expressions, the right term in SAP is "calculation type", it's explained here : [abap help - determining the calculation type|http://help.sap.com/abapdocu_70/en/ABENARITH_TYPE.htm]. SAP takes the "biggest" type of all variables in the expression. It can be I, P or F (smallest is I, biggest is F).
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Need Help with data type conversion

Hello People,
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Here is the syntax for the function I am calling through my program
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Help needed in inserting into column of XML type

i have requirement of inserting data into column of xml type
eg
cust product cost
1 a 3
1 b 7
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now required result should
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<c>5</c>
</PROD-LIST>
Please let me know how to achieve this , i was trying write function , it was working for one values ,but how to do if many values exist .

Take a deep breath, then retype this putting in all the words and punctuation you missed out the first time until it makes sense.
Your sample data, for example, could be better formatted using the [pre] and [/pre] tags to preserve formatting and put in a table format. Similarly with your output. Why are two of the numbers floating around freely in your xml but the 3rd isn't?

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