DBMS_XMLStore package

Question

In emp table i'm having releving_date column as not null and no default value. Without getting releving date from XML message how to populate value into emp table using dbms_XMLStore package. In the below example whater values we are getting from XML message that also populating. If we want to pouplate extra coulumsn means what to do?
DECLARE
insCtx DBMS_XMLStore.ctxType;
rows NUMBER;
xmldoc CLOB :=
'<ROWSET>
<ROW num="1">
<EMPNO>7369</EMPNO>
<SAL>1800</SAL>
<HIREDATE>27-AUG-1996</HIREDATE>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<EMPNO>2290</EMPNO>
<SAL>2000</SAL>
<HIREDATE>31-DEC-1992</HIREDATE>
</ROW>
</ROWSET>';
BEGIN
insCtx := DBMS_XMLStore.newContext('scott.emp'); -- get saved context
DBMS_XMLStore.clearUpdateColumnList(insCtx); -- clear the update settings
-- set the columns to be updated as a list of values
DBMS_XMLStore.setUpdateColumn(insCtx,'EMPNO');
DBMS_XMLStore.setUpdateColumn(insCtx,'SAL');
DBMS_XMLStore.setUpdatecolumn(insCtx,'HIREDATE');
-- Now insert the doc.
-- This will only insert into EMPNO, SAL and HIREDATE columns
rows := DBMS_XMLStore.insertXML(insCtx, xmlDoc);
-- Close the context
DBMS_XMLStore.closeContext(insCtx);
END;
thanks for your help!
Kannan

Answer 1

user601042 wrote:
In emp table i'm having releving_date column as not null and no default value. Without getting releving date from XML message how to populate value into emp table using dbms_XMLStore package. In the below example whater values we are getting from XML message that also populating. If we want to pouplate extra coulumsn means what to do?If you want to use DBMS_XMLSTORE, you need to have the column as tag in xml. There is no other way.
At first, you can use XSL to add the "missing" tag, with the desired data, to the xml. Then you can use the transformed xml with DBMS_XMLSTORE to load the data in the table