Error in creating an external table referring to a XML file

I've got an XML file and I've tried to create an external table referring to it in this way:
CREATE TABLE mytable
    XML_DATA_COLUMN XMLType
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
    TYPE ORACLE_LOADER DEFAULT DIRECTORY TEST_DIR
    ACCESS PARAMETERS ( records delimited BY newline
    (XML_DATA_COLUMN LOB) ) LOCATION ( 'myfile.xml' )
where TEST_DIR is the directory where myfile.xml is stored,
but I get this message:
Error at Command Line:3 Column:4
Error report:
SQL Error: ORA-30656: column type not supported on external organized table
30656.0000 - "column type not supported on external organized table"
*Cause:    Attempt to create an external organized table with a column
           of type LONG, LOB, BFILE, ADT, or VARRAY.
*Action:   These column types are not supported, change the DDL.
I want to have in the XML_DATA_COLUMN the content of myfile.xml so as to handle it by using extract and extractvalue functions.
My oracle version is 10gR2 Express Edition
Thanks!

The examples in the following thread include an insert, but you could also use the select statement alone without the insert.
http://www.orafaq.com/forum/mv/msg/172162/511897/0/#msg_511897

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