Examples of hwo to insert an XML file into a field which is of type CLOB

I am trying to use the following command, but it does not work, due to a type issue, anyone have another example?
INSERT INTO TEST VALUES (xmltype(bfilename('c:\', 'c:\test.xml') , nls_charset_id('AL32UTF8')));

I get the following error, probably means the file referenced is not available...
SQL Error: ORA-22806: not an object or REF
22806. 00000 - "not an object or REF"
*Cause: An attempt was made to extract an attribute from an item that is
neither an object nor a REF.
*Action: Use an object type or REF type item and retry the operation.

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Hello and thank you for taking the time to read my issue....
I am making a simple self help application. I have a tree component that loads the different catagories and topics for my help app dynamically via an xml file...no issues there.
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How to upload an XML file into another system

Hi friends,
I have a requirement where I need to upload an XML file into one system
which has been downloaded using another system.
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data: data_tab type table of char1024.
data: XML_STREAM type string.
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EXPORTING
    FILENAME                      = 'D:test.xml'
*   FILETYPE                      = 'ASC'
*   HAS_FIELD_SEPARATOR           = ' '
*   HEADER_LENGTH                 = 0
*   READ_BY_LINE                  = 'X'
*   DAT_MODE                      = ' '
*   CODEPAGE                      = ' '
*   IGNORE_CERR                   = ABAP_TRUE
*   REPLACEMENT                   = '#'
*   CHECK_BOM                     = ' '
* IMPORTING
*   FILELENGTH                    =
*   HEADER                        =
TABLES
    DATA_TAB                      = DATA_TAB
EXCEPTIONS
   FILE_OPEN_ERROR               = 1
   FILE_READ_ERROR               = 2
   NO_BATCH                      = 3
   GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER       = 4
   INVALID_TYPE                  = 5
   NO_AUTHORITY                  = 6
   UNKNOWN_ERROR                 = 7
   BAD_DATA_FORMAT               = 8
   HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED            = 9
   SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED         = 10
   HEADER_TOO_LONG               = 11
   UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR              = 12
   ACCESS_DENIED                 = 13
   DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY              = 14
   DISK_FULL                     = 15
   DP_TIMEOUT                    = 16
   OTHERS                        = 17
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* MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
*         WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
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EXPORTING
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IMPORTING
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TABLES
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An example about how to load a XML file

Hi,
I've been working on Oracle for many years but fot the first time I was asked to load a XML file into a table.
As an example, I've found this on the web, but it doesn't work.
Can someone tell me why? I hoped this example could help me.
the file acct.xml is this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK>
<HEADER>
<STATUS_CODE>100</STATUS_CODE>
<STATUS_REMARKS>check</STATUS_REMARKS>
</HEADER>
<DETAILS>
<DETAIL>
<SEGMENT_NUMBER>2</SEGMENT_NUMBER>
<REMARKS>rp polytechnic</REMARKS>
</DETAIL>
<DETAIL>
<SEGMENT_NUMBER>3</SEGMENT_NUMBER>
<REMARKS>rp polytechnic administration</REMARKS>
</DETAIL>
<DETAIL>
<SEGMENT_NUMBER>4</SEGMENT_NUMBER>
<REMARKS>rp polytechnic finance</REMARKS>
</DETAIL>
<DETAIL>
<SEGMENT_NUMBER>5</SEGMENT_NUMBER>
<REMARKS>rp polytechnic logistics</REMARKS>
</DETAIL>
</DETAILS>
<HEADER>
<STATUS_CODE>500</STATUS_CODE>
<STATUS_REMARKS>process exception</STATUS_REMARKS>
</HEADER>
<DETAILS>
<DETAIL>
<SEGMENT_NUMBER>20</SEGMENT_NUMBER>
<REMARKS> base polytechnic</REMARKS>
</DETAIL>
<DETAIL>
<SEGMENT_NUMBER>30</SEGMENT_NUMBER>
</DETAIL>
<DETAIL>
<SEGMENT_NUMBER>40</SEGMENT_NUMBER>
<REMARKS> base polytechnic finance</REMARKS>
</DETAIL>
<DETAIL>
<SEGMENT_NUMBER>50</SEGMENT_NUMBER>
<REMARKS> base polytechnic logistics</REMARKS>
</DETAIL>
</DETAILS>
</ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK>
For the two tags HEADER and DETAILS I have the table:
create table xxrp_acct_details(
status_code number,
status_remarks varchar2(100),
segment_number number,
remarks varchar2(100)
before I've created a
create directory test_dir as 'c:\esterno'; -- where I have my acct.xml
and after, can you give me a script for loading data by using XMLTABLE?
I've tried this but it doesn't work:
DECLARE
acct_doc xmltype := xmltype( bfilename('TEST_DIR','acct.xml'), nls_charset_id('AL32UTF8') );
BEGIN
insert into xxrp_acct_details (status_code, status_remarks, segment_number, remarks)
select x1.status_code,
        x1.status_remarks,
        x2.segment_number,
        x2.remarks
from xmltable(
'/ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK/HEADER'
passing acct_doc
columns header_no      for ordinality,
          status_code    number        path 'STATUS_CODE',
          status_remarks varchar2(100) path 'STATUS_REMARKS'
) x1,
xmltable(
'$d/ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK/DETAILS[$hn]/DETAIL'
passing acct_doc as "d",
          x1.header_no as "hn"
columns segment_number number        path 'SEGMENT_NUMBER',
          remarks        varchar2(100) path 'REMARKS'
) x2
END;
This should allow me to get something like this:
select * from xxrp_acct_details;
Statuscode status remarks segement remarks
100 check 2 rp polytechnic
100 check 3 rp polytechnic administration
100 check 4 rp polytechnic finance
100 check 5 rp polytechnic logistics
500 process exception 20 base polytechnic
500 process exception 30
500 process exception 40 base polytechnic finance
500 process exception 50 base polytechnic logistics
but I get:
Error report:
ORA-06550: line 19, column 11:
PL/SQL: ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected - got NUMBER
ORA-06550: line 4, column 2:
PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
06550. 00000 - "line %s, column %s:\n%s"
*Cause:    Usually a PL/SQL compilation error.
and if I try to change the script without using the column HEADER_NO o keep track of the header rank inside the document:
DECLARE
acct_doc xmltype := xmltype( bfilename('TEST_DIR','acct.xml'), nls_charset_id('AL32UTF8') );
BEGIN
insert into xxrp_acct_details (status_code, status_remarks, segment_number, remarks)
select x1.status_code,
        x1.status_remarks,
        x2.segment_number,
        x2.remarks
from xmltable(
'/ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK/HEADER'
passing acct_doc
columns status_code    number        path 'STATUS_CODE',
          status_remarks varchar2(100) path 'STATUS_REMARKS'
) x1,
xmltable(
'/ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK/DETAILS'
passing acct_doc
columns segment_number number        path 'SEGMENT_NUMBER',
          remarks        varchar2(100) path 'REMARKS'
) x2
END;
I get this message:
Error report:
ORA-19114: error during parsing the XQuery expression:
ORA-06550: line 1, column 13:
PLS-00201: identifier 'SYS.DBMS_XQUERYINT' must be declared
ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
ORA-06512: at line 4
19114. 00000 - "error during parsing the XQuery expression: %s"
*Cause:    An error occurred during the parsing of the XQuery expression.
*Action:   Check the detailed error message for the possible causes.
My oracle version is 10gR2 Express Edition
I do need a script for loading xml files into a table as soon as possible
Thanks in advance!

Hello,
Your code is not readable (no code tags).
Anyway, you can use SQL*Loader to load a XML document into a table.
Here is the link of the documentation with both description and an example at the end of the
article.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14259/xdb25loa.htm
Regards,
Dariyoosh

Insert XML file into Relational database model - no XMLTYPE!

Dear all,
How can I store a known complex XML file into an existing relational database WITHOUT using xmltypes in the database ?
I read the article on DBMS_XMLSTORE. DBMS_XMLSTORE indeed partially bridges the gap between XML and RDBMS to a certain extent, namely for simply structured XML (canonical structure) and simple tables.
However, when the XML structure will become arbitrary and rapidly evolving, surely there must be a way to map XML to a relational model more flexibly.
We work in a java/Oracle10 environment that receives very large XML documents from an independent data management source. These files comply with an XML schema. That is all we know. Still, all these data must be inserted/updated daily in an existing relational model. Quite an assignment isn't it ?
The database does and will not contain XMLTYPES, only plain RDBMS tables.
Are you aware of a framework/product or tool to do what DBMS_XMLSTORE does but with any format of XML file ? If not, I am doomed.
Cheers.
Luc.
Edited by: user6693852 on Jan 13, 2009 7:02 AM

In case you decide to follow my advice, here's a simple example showing how to do this.. (Note the XMLTable syntax is the preferred approach in 10gr2 and later..
SQL> spool testase.log
SQL> --
SQL> connect / as sysdba
Connected.
SQL> --
SQL> set define on
SQL> set timing on
SQL> --
SQL> define USERNAME = XDBTEST
SQL> --
SQL> def PASSWORD = XDBTEST
SQL> --
SQL> def USER_TABLESPACE = USERS
SQL> --
SQL> def TEMP_TABLESPACE = TEMP
SQL> --
SQL> drop user &USERNAME cascade
2 /
old   1: drop user &USERNAME cascade
new   1: drop user XDBTEST cascade
User dropped.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.59
SQL> grant create any directory, drop any directory, connect, resource, alter session, create view to &USERNAME identified by &PASS
ORD
2 /
old   1: grant create any directory, drop any directory, connect, resource, alter session, create view to &USERNAME identified by &
ASSWORD
new   1: grant create any directory, drop any directory, connect, resource, alter session, create view to XDBTEST identified by XDB
EST
Grant succeeded.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
SQL> alter user &USERNAME default tablespace &USER_TABLESPACE temporary tablespace &TEMP_TABLESPACE
2 /
old   1: alter user &USERNAME default tablespace &USER_TABLESPACE temporary tablespace &TEMP_TABLESPACE
new   1: alter user XDBTEST default tablespace USERS temporary tablespace TEMP
User altered.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> connect &USERNAME/&PASSWORD
Connected.
SQL> --
SQL> var SCHEMAURL varchar2(256)
SQL> var XMLSCHEMA CLOB
SQL> --
SQL> set define off
SQL> --
SQL> begin
2    :SCHEMAURL := 'http://xmlns.example.com/askTom/TransactionList.xsd';
3    :XMLSCHEMA :=
4 '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
5 
6 <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xdb="http://xmlns.oracle.com/xdb" xdb:storeVarrayAsTable="true">
7     <xs:element name="TransactionList" type="transactionListType" xdb:defaultTable="LOCAL_TABLE"/>
8     <xs:complexType name="transactionListType" xdb:maintainDOM="false" xdb:SQLType="TRANSACTION_LIST_T">
9             <xs:sequence>
10                     <xs:element name="Transaction" type="transactionType" maxOccurs="unbounded" xdb:SQLCollType="TRANSACTION_V"
>
11             </xs:sequence>
12     </xs:complexType>
13     <xs:complexType name="transactionType" xdb:maintainDOM="false" xdb:SQLType="TRANSACTION_T">
14             <xs:sequence>
15                     <xs:element name="TradeVersion" type="xs:integer"/>
16                     <xs:element name="TransactionId" type="xs:integer"/>
17                     <xs:element name="Leg" type="legType" maxOccurs="unbounded" xdb:SQLCollType="LEG_V"/>
18             </xs:sequence>
19             <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:integer" use="required"/>
20     </xs:complexType>
21     <xs:complexType name="paymentType" xdb:maintainDOM="false" xdb:SQLType="PAYMENT_T">
22             <xs:sequence>
23                     <xs:element name="StartDate" type="xs:date"/>
24                     <xs:element name="Value" type="xs:integer"/>
25             </xs:sequence>
26             <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:integer" use="required"/>
27     </xs:complexType>
28     <xs:complexType name="legType" xdb:maintainDOM="false" xdb:SQLType="LEG_T">
29             <xs:sequence>
30                     <xs:element name="LegNumber" type="xs:integer"/>
31                     <xs:element name="Basis" type="xs:integer"/>
32                     <xs:element name="FixedRate" type="xs:integer"/>
33                     <xs:element name="Payment" type="paymentType" maxOccurs="unbounded" xdb:SQLCollType="PAYMENT_V"/>
34             </xs:sequence>
35             <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:integer" use="required"/>
36     </xs:complexType>
37 </xs:schema>';
38 end;
39 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> set define on
SQL> --
SQL> declare
2    res boolean;
3    xmlSchema xmlType := xmlType(:XMLSCHEMA);
4 begin
5    dbms_xmlschema.registerSchema
6    (
7      schemaurl => :schemaURL,
8      schemadoc => xmlSchema,
9      local     => TRUE,
10      genTypes => TRUE,
11      genBean   => FALSE,
12      genTables => TRUE,
13      ENABLEHIERARCHY => DBMS_XMLSCHEMA.ENABLE_HIERARCHY_NONE
14    );
15 end;
16 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.26
SQL> desc LOCAL_TABLE
Name                                                                   Null?    Type
TABLE of SYS.XMLTYPE(XMLSchema "http://xmlns.example.com/askTom/TransactionList.xsd" Element "TransactionList") STORAGE Object-rela
ional TYPE "TRANSACTION_LIST_T"
SQL> --
SQL> create or replace VIEW TRAN_VIEW
2 as
3 select
4    extractvalue(x.column_value,'/Transaction/TradeVersion/text()') tradeversion,
5    extractvalue(x.column_value,'/Transaction//text()') transactionid
6 from
7    local_table,
8    table(xmlsequence(extract(OBJECT_VALUE,'/TransactionList/Transaction'))) x
9 /
View created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
SQL> create or replace VIEW TRAN_LEG_VIEW
2 as
3 select
4    extractvalue(x.column_value,'/Transaction/TransactionId/text()') transactionid,
5    extractvalue(y.column_value,'/Leg/Basis/text()') leg_basis,
6    extractValue(y.column_value,'/Leg/FixedRate/text()') leg_fixedrate
7 from
8    local_table,
9    table(xmlsequence(extract(OBJECT_VALUE,'/TransactionList/Transaction'))) x,
10    table(xmlsequence(extract(x.column_value,'/Transaction/Leg'))) y
11 /
View created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
SQL> create or replace VIEW TRAN_LEG_PAY_VIEW
2 as
3 select
4    extractvalue(x.column_value,'/Transaction/TransactionId/text()') transactionid,
5    extractvalue(y.column_value,'/Leg/LegNumber/text()') leg_legnumber,
6    extractvalue(z.column_value,'/Payment/StartDate/text()') pay_startdate,
7    extractValue(z.column_value,'/Payment/Value/text()') pay_value
8 from
9    local_table,
10    table(xmlsequence(extract(OBJECT_VALUE,'/TransactionList/Transaction'))) x,
11    table(xmlsequence(extract(x.column_value,'/Transaction/Leg'))) y,
12    table(xmlsequence(extract(y.column_value,'/Leg/Payment'))) z
13 /
View created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.03
SQL> desc TRAN_VIEW
Name                                                                   Null?    Type
TRADEVERSION                                                                    NUMBER(38)
TRANSACTIONID                                                                   VARCHAR2(4000)
SQL> --
SQL> desc TRAN_LEG_VIEW
Name                                                                   Null?    Type
TRANSACTIONID                                                                   NUMBER(38)
LEG_BASIS                                                                       NUMBER(38)
LEG_FIXEDRATE                                                                   NUMBER(38)
SQL> --
SQL> desc TRAN_LEG_PAY_VIEW
Name                                                                   Null?    Type
TRANSACTIONID                                                                   NUMBER(38)
LEG_LEGNUMBER                                                                   NUMBER(38)
PAY_STARTDATE                                                                   DATE
PAY_VALUE                                                                       NUMBER(38)
SQL> --
SQL> create or replace VIEW TRAN_VIEW_XMLTABLE
2 as
3 select t.*
4    from LOCAL_TABLE,
5         XMLTable
6         (
7            '/TransactionList/Transaction'
8            passing OBJECT_VALUE
9            columns
10            TRADE_VERSION NUMBER(4) path 'TradeVersion/text()',
11            TRANSACTION_ID NUMBER(4) path 'TransactionId/text()'
12         ) t
13 /
View created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
SQL> create or replace VIEW TRAN_LEG_VIEW_XMLTABLE
2 as
3 select t.TRANSACTION_ID, L.*
4    from LOCAL_TABLE,
5         XMLTable
6         (
7            '/TransactionList/Transaction'
8            passing OBJECT_VALUE
9            columns
10            TRANSACTION_ID NUMBER(4) path 'TransactionId/text()',
11            LEG            XMLType   path 'Leg'
12         ) t,
13         XMLTABLE
14         (
15           '/Leg'
16           passing LEG
17           columns
18           LEG_NUMBER     NUMBER(4) path 'LegNumber/text()',
19           LEG_BASIS      NUMBER(4) path 'Basis/text()',
20           LEG_FIXED_RATE NUMBER(4) path 'FixedRate/text()'
21         ) l
22 /
View created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
SQL> create or replace VIEW TRAN_LEG_PAY_VIEW_XMLTABLE
2 as
3 select TRANSACTION_ID, L.LEG_NUMBER, P.*
4    from LOCAL_TABLE,
5         XMLTable
6         (
7            '/TransactionList/Transaction'
8            passing OBJECT_VALUE
9            columns
10            TRANSACTION_ID NUMBER(4) path 'TransactionId/text()',
11            LEG            XMLType   path 'Leg'
12         ) t,
13         XMLTABLE
14         (
15           '/Leg'
16           passing LEG
17           columns
18           LEG_NUMBER     NUMBER(4) path 'LegNumber/text()',
19           PAYMENT        XMLType   path 'Payment'
20         ) L,
21         XMLTABLE
22         (
23           '/Payment'
24           passing PAYMENT
25           columns
26           PAY_START_DATE     DATE      path 'StartDate/text()',
27           PAY_VALUE          NUMBER(4) path 'Value/text()'
28         ) p
29 /
View created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.03
SQL> desc TRAN_VIEW_XMLTABLE
Name                                                                   Null?    Type
TRADE_VERSION                                                                   NUMBER(4)
TRANSACTION_ID                                                                  NUMBER(4)
SQL> --
SQL> desc TRAN_LEG_VIEW_XMLTABLE
Name                                                                   Null?    Type
TRANSACTION_ID                                                                  NUMBER(4)
LEG_NUMBER                                                                      NUMBER(4)
LEG_BASIS                                                                       NUMBER(4)
LEG_FIXED_RATE                                                                  NUMBER(4)
SQL> --
SQL> desc TRAN_LEG_PAY_VIEW_XMLTABLE
Name                                                                   Null?    Type
TRANSACTION_ID                                                                  NUMBER(4)
LEG_NUMBER                                                                      NUMBER(4)
PAY_START_DATE                                                                  DATE
PAY_VALUE                                                                       NUMBER(4)
SQL> --
SQL> set long 10000 pages 100 lines 128
SQL> set timing on
SQL> set autotrace on explain
SQL> set heading on feedback on
SQL> --
SQL> VAR DOC1 CLOB
SQL> VAR DOC2 CLOB
SQL> --
SQL> begin
2    :DOC1 :=
3 '<TransactionList>
4    <Transaction id="1">
5      <TradeVersion>1</TradeVersion>
6      <TransactionId>1</TransactionId>
7      <Leg id="1">
8        <LegNumber>1</LegNumber>
9        <Basis>1</Basis>
10        <FixedRate>1</FixedRate>
11        <Payment id="1">
12          <StartDate>2000-01-01</StartDate>
13          <Value>1</Value>
14        </Payment>
15        <Payment id="2">
16          <StartDate>2000-01-02</StartDate>
17          <Value>2</Value>
18        </Payment>
19      </Leg>
20      <Leg id="2">
21        <LegNumber>2</LegNumber>
22        <Basis>2</Basis>
23        <FixedRate>2</FixedRate>
24        <Payment id="1">
25          <StartDate>2000-02-01</StartDate>
26          <Value>10</Value>
27        </Payment>
28        <Payment id="2">
29          <StartDate>2000-02-02</StartDate>
30          <Value>20</Value>
31        </Payment>
32      </Leg>
33    </Transaction>
34    <Transaction id="2">
35      <TradeVersion>2</TradeVersion>
36      <TransactionId>2</TransactionId>
37      <Leg id="1">
38        <LegNumber>21</LegNumber>
39        <Basis>21</Basis>
40        <FixedRate>21</FixedRate>
41        <Payment id="1">
42          <StartDate>2002-01-01</StartDate>
43          <Value>21</Value>
44        </Payment>
45        <Payment id="2">
46          <StartDate>2002-01-02</StartDate>
47          <Value>22</Value>
48        </Payment>
49      </Leg>
50      <Leg id="22">
51        <LegNumber>22</LegNumber>
52        <Basis>22</Basis>
53        <FixedRate>22</FixedRate>
54        <Payment id="21">
55          <StartDate>2002-02-01</StartDate>
56          <Value>210</Value>
57        </Payment>
58        <Payment id="22">
59          <StartDate>2002-02-02</StartDate>
60          <Value>220</Value>
61        </Payment>
62      </Leg>
63    </Transaction>
64 </TransactionList>';
65    :DOC2 :=
66 '<TransactionList>
67    <Transaction id="31">
68      <TradeVersion>31</TradeVersion>
69      <TransactionId>31</TransactionId>
70      <Leg id="31">
71        <LegNumber>31</LegNumber>
72        <Basis>31</Basis>
73        <FixedRate>31</FixedRate>
74        <Payment id="31">
75          <StartDate>3000-01-01</StartDate>
76          <Value>31</Value>
77        </Payment>
78      </Leg>
79    </Transaction>
80 </TransactionList>';
81 end;
82 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
SQL> insert into LOCAL_TABLE values ( xmltype(:DOC1))
2 /
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 1
| Id | Operation                | Name        | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | INSERT STATEMENT         |             |     1 |   100 |     1   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   1 | LOAD TABLE CONVENTIONAL | LOCAL_TABLE |       |       |            |          |
SQL> insert into LOCAL_TABLE values ( xmltype(:DOC2))
2 /
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 1
| Id | Operation                | Name        | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | INSERT STATEMENT         |             |     1 |   100 |     1   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   1 | LOAD TABLE CONVENTIONAL | LOCAL_TABLE |       |       |            |          |
SQL> select * from TRAN_VIEW_XMLTABLE
2 /
TRADE_VERSION TRANSACTION_ID
            1              1
            2              2
           31             31
3 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.03
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 650975545
| Id | Operation          | Name                           | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT   |                                |     3 |   168 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   1 | NESTED LOOPS      |                                |     3 |   168 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 2 |   TABLE ACCESS FULL| SYS_NTGgl+TKyhQnWoFRSrCxeX9g== |     3 |   138 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 3 |   INDEX UNIQUE SCAN| SYS_C0010174                   |     1 |    10 |     0   (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   2 - filter("SYS_NC_TYPEID$" IS NOT NULL)
   3 - access("NESTED_TABLE_ID"="LOCAL_TABLE"."SYS_NC0000800009$")
Note
   - dynamic sampling used for this statement
SQL> select * from TRAN_LEG_VIEW_XMLTABLE
2 /
TRANSACTION_ID LEG_NUMBER LEG_BASIS LEG_FIXED_RATE
             1          1          1              1
             1          2          2              2
             2         21         21             21
             2         22         22             22
            31         31         31             31
5 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.04
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 1273661583
| Id | Operation           | Name                           | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT    |                                |     5 |   560 |     7 (15)| 00:00:01 |
|* 1 | HASH JOIN          |                                |     5 |   560 |     7 (15)| 00:00:01 |
|   2 |   NESTED LOOPS      |                                |     3 |   159 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 3 |    TABLE ACCESS FULL| SYS_NTGgl+TKyhQnWoFRSrCxeX9g== |     3 |   129 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 4 |    INDEX UNIQUE SCAN| SYS_C0010174                   |     1 |    10 |     0   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 5 |   TABLE ACCESS FULL | SYS_NTUmyermF/S721C/2UXo40Uw== |     5 |   295 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   1 - access("SYS_ALIAS_1"."NESTED_TABLE_ID"="SYS_ALIAS_0"."SYS_NC0000800009$")
   3 - filter("SYS_NC_TYPEID$" IS NOT NULL)
   4 - access("NESTED_TABLE_ID"="LOCAL_TABLE"."SYS_NC0000800009$")
   5 - filter("SYS_NC_TYPEID$" IS NOT NULL)
Note
   - dynamic sampling used for this statement
SQL> select * from TRAN_LEG_PAY_VIEW_XMLTABLE
2 /
TRANSACTION_ID LEG_NUMBER PAY_START PAY_VALUE
             1          1 01-JAN-00          1
             1          1 02-JAN-00          2
             1          2 01-FEB-00         10
             1          2 02-FEB-00         20
             2         21 01-JAN-02         21
             2         21 02-JAN-02         22
             2         22 01-FEB-02        210
             2         22 02-FEB-02        220
            31         31 01-JAN-00         31
9 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.07
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 4004907785
| Id | Operation            | Name                           | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT     |                                |     9 | 1242 |    10 (10)| 00:00:01 |
|* 1 | HASH JOIN           |                                |     9 | 1242 |    10 (10)| 00:00:01 |
|* 2 |   HASH JOIN          |                                |     5 |   480 |     7 (15)| 00:00:01 |
|   3 |    NESTED LOOPS      |                                |     3 |   159 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 4 |     TABLE ACCESS FULL| SYS_NTGgl+TKyhQnWoFRSrCxeX9g== |     3 |   129 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 5 |     INDEX UNIQUE SCAN| SYS_C0010174                   |     1 |    10 |     0   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 6 |    TABLE ACCESS FULL | SYS_NTUmyermF/S721C/2UXo40Uw== |     5 |   215 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 7 |   TABLE ACCESS FULL | SYS_NTelW4ZRtKS+WKqCaXhsHnNQ== |     9 |   378 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   1 - access("NESTED_TABLE_ID"="SYS_ALIAS_1"."SYS_NC0000900010$")
   2 - access("SYS_ALIAS_1"."NESTED_TABLE_ID"="SYS_ALIAS_0"."SYS_NC0000800009$")
   4 - filter("SYS_NC_TYPEID$" IS NOT NULL)
   5 - access("NESTED_TABLE_ID"="LOCAL_TABLE"."SYS_NC0000800009$")
   6 - filter("SYS_NC_TYPEID$" IS NOT NULL)
   7 - filter("SYS_NC_TYPEID$" IS NOT NULL)
Note
   - dynamic sampling used for this statement
SQL>Out of interest why are you so against using XMLType...
Edited by: mdrake on Jan 13, 2009 8:25 AM

Insert Insert XML file into multiple records in Oracle Database

I would like to find out if it is possible to insert a single XML file into multiple records or tuples in a Oracle database table. I have a single XML file which is at multiple levels. The meta data for the levels are common and each level can have meta data of their own in addition. I do not have any meta data field which will uniquely determine whether the data belongs to Root level, Intermediate level or at the document level. Is there any way I can determine which level the meta data belongs to and thereby make a corresponding entry into the database table tuple? For example I could have an attribute called level which is going to be present only in the database table and not in the XML file. If level=1 then it corresponds to "Root" meta data, if level=2 then it corresponds to "Intermediate" level and if level=3 then it corresponds to meta data at document level. I need a way to calculate the value for level from the XML file and thereby insert the meta data element into a tuple in a single table in Oracle.

Hi,
extract your xml and then you can use insert all clause.
here's very small example on 10.2.0.1.0
SQL> create table table1(id number,val varchar2(10));
Table created.
SQL> create table table2(id number,val varchar2(10));
Table created.
SQL> insert all
2 into table1 values(id,val)
3 into table2 values(id2,val2)
4 select extractValue(x.col,'/a/id1') id
5        ,extractValue(x.col,'/a/value') val
6        ,extractValue(x.col,'/a/value2') val2
7        ,extractValue(x.col,'/a/id2') id2
8 from (select xmltype('<a><id1>1</id1><value>a</value><id2>2</id2><value2>b</value2></a>') col from dual) x;
2 rows created.
SQL> select * from table1;
        ID VAL
         1 a
SQL> select * from table2;
        ID VAL
         2 b                                                                    Ants

Insert a xml file without assigning the tablename in the xmldb

hi guys,
here comes a interesting question,
after I registed a xml schema in oracle xml db, oracle create several tables depending on the schema, then I want to insert a xml file that is valided with the register schema and this xml file point to the "schemaurl" .
If its possible to insert this xml file to oracle xmldb without point out the exact table name in the java program ( in oci driver or thin driver ).
BTW, I can copy this xml file to oracle xml db repository, oracle insert it to xml table automatically.
Mark, would you please give me some advice ;-)
Thanks

You can call it from JDBC using thin or thick. Thick is preferred...
package com.oracle.st.xmldb.pm.examples;
import com.oracle.st.xmldb.pm.common.baseApp.BaseApplication;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import oracle.jdbc.OracleCallableStatement;
import oracle.jdbc.OracleResultSet;
import oracle.jdbc.OracleTypes;
import oracle.xdb.XMLType;
public class CreateResource extends BaseApplication {
    public CreateResource() {
    public void doSomething(String[] Args) throws Exception
      OracleCallableStatement statement = null;
      String statementText;
      statementText =
      "declare" +
      " res varchar2(5);" +
      "begin " +
      " if (dbms_xdb.createResource(:1,:2)) then " +
      "    res := 'TRUE';" +
      " else" +
      "    res := 'FALSE';" +
      " end if;" +
      " :3 := res;" +
      "end;";
      XMLType xml;
      // In the real world we would get an InputStream from something more interesting that
      // an in memeory String
      String xmlText = "<Root><Element Attr=\"AttrValue\">A text Node</Element></Root>";
      byte[] byteBuffer = xmlText.getBytes();
      InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(byteBuffer);
      xml = XMLType.createXML(this.getConnection(),is);
      statement = (OracleCallableStatement) getConnection().prepareCall(statementText);
      statement.registerOutParameter(3,OracleTypes.VARCHAR);
      statement.setString(1,"/public/test1.xml");
      statement.setObject(2,xml);
      boolean res = statement.execute();
      String plsqlResult = statement.getString(3);
      System.out.println("The result is " + plsqlResult);
      statement.close();
      getConnection().commit();
      getConnection().close();
    public static void main (String[] args)
     try
       CreateResource example = new CreateResource();
       example.initializeConnection();
       example.doSomething(args);
     catch (Exception e)
       e.printStackTrace();
}

Insert XML file into Relational database model without using XMLTYPE tables

Dear all,
How can I store a known complex XML file into an existing relational database WITHOUT using xmltypes in the database ?
I read the article on DBMS_XMLSTORE. DBMS_XMLSTORE indeed partially bridges the gap between XML and RDBMS to a certain extent, namely for simply structured XML (canonical structure) and simple tables.
However, when the XML structure will become arbitrary and rapidly evolving, surely there must be a way to map XML to a relational model more flexibly.
We work in a java/Oracle10 environment that receives very large XML documents from an independent data management source. These files comply with an XML schema. That is all we know. Still, all these data must be inserted/updated daily in an existing relational model. Quite an assignment isn't it ?
The database does and will not contain XMLTYPES, only plain RDBMS tables.
Are you aware of a framework/product or tool to do what DBMS_XMLSTORE does but with any format of XML file ? If not, I am doomed.
Constraints : Input via XML files defined by third party
Storage : relational database model with hundreds of tables and thousands of existing queries that can not be touched. The model must not be altered.
Target : get this XML into the database on a daily basis via an automated process.
Cheers.
Luc.

Luc,
your Doomed !
If you would try something like DBMS_XMLSTORE, you probably would be into serious performance problems in your case, very fast, and it would be very difficult to manage.
If you would use a little bit of XMLType stuff, you would be able to shred the data into the relational model very fast and controlable. Take it from me, I am one of those old geezers like Mr. Tom Kyte way beyond 40 years (still joking). No seriously. I started out as a classical PL/SQL, Forms Guy that switched after two years to become a "DBA 1.0" and Mr Codd and Mr Date were for years my biggest hero's. I have the utmost respect for Mr. Tom Kyte for all his efforts for bringing the concepts manual into the development world. Just to name some off the names that influenced me. But you will have to work with UNSTRUCTURED data (as Mr Date would call it). 80% of the data out there exists off it. Stuff like XMLTABLE and XML VIEWs bridge the gap between that unstructured world and the relational world. It is very doable to drag and drop an XML file into the XMLDB database into a XMLtype table and or for instance via FTP. From that point on it is in the database. From there you could move into relational tables via XMLTABLE methods or XML Views.
You could see the described method as a filtering option so XML can be transformed into relational data. If you don't want any XML in your current database, then create an small Oracle database with XML DB installed (if doable 11.1.0.7 regarding the best performance --> all the new fast optimizer stuff etc). Use that database as a staging area that does all the XML shredding for you into relational components and ship the end result via database links and or materialized views or other probably known methodes into your relational database that isn't allowed to have XMLType.
This way you would keep your realtional Oracle database clean and have the Oracle XML DB staging database do all the filtering and shredding into relational components.
Throwing the XML DB option out off the window beforehand would be like replacing your Mercedes with a bicycle. With both you will be able to travel the distance from Paris to Rome, but it will take you a hell of lot longer.
:-)

Help needed badly Insert text data from xml files into tables

Hi all, I have asked to do insertion of text from a xml file into tables upon receiving using pro*c. i've done quite an amount of research on xml parser in c but there wasn't much information for mi to use for implementation...
Guys don't mind helping me to clarify few doubts of mine...
1. Where can i get the oracle xml parser libs? Is it included when i installed oracle 8i?
2. Is there any tutorials or help files for xml parser libs where i can read up?
I need the xml parser to recognise the tags, followed by recognising the text after the tags.
eg. xml format
<studentID> 0012 </studentID>
<student> john </student>
<studentID> 0013 </studentID>
<student> mary </student>
text willl be inserted into tables like this:
studentID | student
0012 | john
0013 | mary
by the way i'm using oracle 8i on HP-UX. Thanks in advance.

I can answer one of of your questions at least
1. Where can i get the oracle xml parser libs? Is it included when i installed oracle 8i?You need the XML XDK. You can use http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/xml/xdkhome.html as your starting point. I believe the 9i version works for 8i.
I have no pro*c experience so I can't offer any other suggestions regarding how to do this in pro*c.

Inserting XML file into a Table

Hello,
Can someone provide me with a sample code to load xml files into a table. Thanks a lot.
Rajeesh

Keeping my fingers crossed that this quote from "Building XML Oracle Applications" by Steve Muench (O'Reilly & Associates, 2000, ISBN 1-56592-691-9) falls into the "fair use" category, and that you want it in PL/SQL, here is a procedure:
PROCEDURE insertXMLFile
(dir VARCHAR2, file VARCHAR2, name VARCHAR2 := NULL) IS
theBFile BFILE;
theCLob CLOB;
theDocName VARCHAR2(200) := NVL(name,file);
BEGIN
-- (1) Insert a new row into xml_documents with an empty CLOB, and
-- (2) Retrieve the empty CLOB into a variable with RETURNING.INTO
INSERT INTO stylesheets(docname,sheet) VALUES(theDocName,empty_clob( ))
RETURNING sheet INTO theCLob;
-- (3) Get a BFile handle to the external file
theBFile := BFileName(dir,file);
-- (4) Open the file
dbms_lob.fileOpen(theBFile);
-- (5) Copy the contents of the BFile into the empty CLOB
dbms_lob.loadFromFile(dest_lob => theCLob, src_lob => theBFile, amount => dbms_lob.getLength(theBFile));
-- (6) Close the file and commit
dbms_lob.fileClose(theBFile);
COMMIT;
END;

How to load a XML file into a table

Hi,
I've been working on Oracle for many years but for the first time I was asked to load a XML file into a table.
As an example, I've found this on the web, but it doesn't work
Can someone tell me why? I hoped this example could help me.
the file acct.xml is this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK>
<HEADER>
<STATUS_CODE>100</STATUS_CODE>
<STATUS_REMARKS>check</STATUS_REMARKS>
</HEADER>
<DETAILS>
<DETAIL>
<SEGMENT_NUMBER>2</SEGMENT_NUMBER>
<REMARKS>rp polytechnic</REMARKS>
</DETAIL>
<DETAIL>
<SEGMENT_NUMBER>3</SEGMENT_NUMBER>
<REMARKS>rp polytechnic administration</REMARKS>
</DETAIL>
<DETAIL>
<SEGMENT_NUMBER>4</SEGMENT_NUMBER>
<REMARKS>rp polytechnic finance</REMARKS>
</DETAIL>
<DETAIL>
<SEGMENT_NUMBER>5</SEGMENT_NUMBER>
<REMARKS>rp polytechnic logistics</REMARKS>
</DETAIL>
</DETAILS>
<HEADER>
<STATUS_CODE>500</STATUS_CODE>
<STATUS_REMARKS>process exception</STATUS_REMARKS>
</HEADER>
<DETAILS>
<DETAIL>
<SEGMENT_NUMBER>20</SEGMENT_NUMBER>
<REMARKS> base polytechnic</REMARKS>
</DETAIL>
<DETAIL>
<SEGMENT_NUMBER>30</SEGMENT_NUMBER>
</DETAIL>
<DETAIL>
<SEGMENT_NUMBER>40</SEGMENT_NUMBER>
<REMARKS> base polytechnic finance</REMARKS>
</DETAIL>
<DETAIL>
<SEGMENT_NUMBER>50</SEGMENT_NUMBER>
<REMARKS> base polytechnic logistics</REMARKS>
</DETAIL>
</DETAILS>
</ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK>
For the two tags HEADER and DETAILS I have the table:
create table xxrp_acct_details(
status_code number,
status_remarks varchar2(100),
segment_number number,
remarks varchar2(100)
before I've created a
create directory test_dir as 'c:\esterno'; -- where I have my acct.xml
and after, can you give me a script for loading data by using XMLTABLE?
I've tried this but it doesn't work:
DECLARE
acct_doc xmltype := xmltype( bfilename('TEST_DIR','acct.xml'), nls_charset_id('AL32UTF8') );
BEGIN
insert into xxrp_acct_details (status_code, status_remarks, segment_number, remarks)
select x1.status_code,
        x1.status_remarks,
        x2.segment_number,
        x2.remarks
from xmltable(
'/ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK/HEADER'
passing acct_doc
columns header_no      for ordinality,
          status_code    number        path 'STATUS_CODE',
          status_remarks varchar2(100) path 'STATUS_REMARKS'
) x1,
xmltable(
'$d/ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK/DETAILS[$hn]/DETAIL'
passing acct_doc as "d",
          x1.header_no as "hn"
columns segment_number number        path 'SEGMENT_NUMBER',
          remarks        varchar2(100) path 'REMARKS'
) x2
END;
This should allow me to get something like this:
select * from xxrp_acct_details;
Statuscode status remarks segement remarks
100 check 2 rp polytechnic
100 check 3 rp polytechnic administration
100 check 4 rp polytechnic finance
100 check 5 rp polytechnic logistics
500 process exception 20 base polytechnic
500 process exception 30
500 process exception 40 base polytechnic finance
500 process exception 50 base polytechnic logistics
but I get:
Error report:
ORA-06550: line 19, column 11:
PL/SQL: ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected - got NUMBER
ORA-06550: line 4, column 2:
PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
06550. 00000 - "line %s, column %s:\n%s"
*Cause:    Usually a PL/SQL compilation error.
and if I try to change the script without using the column HEADER_NO to keep track of the header rank inside the document:
DECLARE
acct_doc xmltype := xmltype( bfilename('TEST_DIR','acct.xml'), nls_charset_id('AL32UTF8') );
BEGIN
insert into xxrp_acct_details (status_code, status_remarks, segment_number, remarks)
select x1.status_code,
        x1.status_remarks,
        x2.segment_number,
        x2.remarks
from xmltable(
'/ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK/HEADER'
passing acct_doc
columns status_code    number        path 'STATUS_CODE',
          status_remarks varchar2(100) path 'STATUS_REMARKS'
) x1,
xmltable(
'/ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK/DETAILS'
passing acct_doc
columns segment_number number        path 'SEGMENT_NUMBER',
          remarks        varchar2(100) path 'REMARKS'
) x2
END;
I get this message:
Error report:
ORA-19114: error during parsing the XQuery expression:
ORA-06550: line 1, column 13:
PLS-00201: identifier 'SYS.DBMS_XQUERYINT' must be declared
ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
ORA-06512: at line 4
19114. 00000 - "error during parsing the XQuery expression: %s"
*Cause:    An error occurred during the parsing of the XQuery expression.
*Action:   Check the detailed error message for the possible causes.
My oracle version is 10gR2 Express Edition
I do need a script for loading xml files into a table as soon as possible, Give me please a simple example for understanding and that works on 10gR2 Express Edition
Thanks in advance!

The reason your first SQL statement
select x1.status_code,
        x1.status_remarks,
        x2.segment_number,
        x2.remarks
from xmltable(
'/ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK/HEADER'
passing acct_doc
columns header_no      for ordinality,
          status_code    number        path 'STATUS_CODE',
          status_remarks varchar2(100) path 'STATUS_REMARKS'
) x1,
xmltable(
'$d/ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK/DETAILS[$hn]/DETAIL'
passing acct_doc as "d",
          x1.header_no as "hn"
columns segment_number number        path 'SEGMENT_NUMBER',
          remarks        varchar2(100) path 'REMARKS'
) x2
returns the error you noticed
PL/SQL: ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected - got NUMBER
is because Oracle is expecting XML to be passed in. At the moment I forget if it requires a certain format or not, but it is simply expecting the value to be wrapped in simple XML.
Your query actually runs as is on 11.1 as Oracle changed how that functionality worked when 11.1 was released. Your query runs slowly, but it does run.
As you are dealing with groups, is there any way the input XML can be modified to be like
<ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK>
<ACCOUNT_GROUP>
<HEADER>....</HEADER>
<DETAILS>....</DETAILS>
</ACCOUNT_GROUP>
<ACCOUNT_GROUP>
<HEADER>....</HEADER>
<DETAILS>....</DETAILS>
</ACCOUNT_GROUP>
</ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK>
so that it is easier to associate a HEADER/DETAILS combination? If so, it would make parsing the XML much easier.
Assuming the answer is no, here is one hack to accomplish your goal
select x1.status_code,
        x1.status_remarks,
        x3.segment_number,
        x3.remarks
from xmltable(
'/ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK/HEADER'
passing acct_doc
columns header_no      for ordinality,
          status_code    number        path 'STATUS_CODE',
          status_remarks varchar2(100) path 'STATUS_REMARKS'
) x1,
xmltable(
'$d/ACCOUNT_HEADER_ACK/DETAILS'
passing acct_doc as "d",
columns detail_no      for ordinality,
          detail_xml     xmltype       path 'DETAIL'
) x2,
xmltable(
'DETAIL'
passing x2.detail_xml
columns segment_number number        path 'SEGMENT_NUMBER',
          remarks        varchar2(100) path 'REMARKS') x3
WHERE x1.header_no = x2.detail_no;
This follows the approach you started with. Table x1 creates a row for each HEADER node and table x2 creates a row for each DETAILS node. It assumes there is always a one and only one association between the two. I use table x3, which is joined to x2, to parse the many DETAIL nodes. The WHERE clause then joins each header row to the corresponding details row and produces the eight rows you are seeking.
There is another approach that I know of, and that would be using XQuery within the XMLTable. It should require using only one XMLTable but I would have to spend some time coming up with that solution and I can't recall whether restrictions exist in 10gR2 Express Edition compared to what can run in 10.2 Enterprise Edition for XQuery.

"PLS-00172: string literal too long" When Writing XML file into a Table

Hi.
I'm using DBMS_XMLStore to get a XML file into a db table. See the example below, I'm using that for my PL/SQL format. Problem is that because there're too many XML elements that I use in "xmldoc CLOB:= ...", I get "PLS-00172: string literal too long" error.
Can someone suggest a workaround?
THANKS!!!
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;
/

You ask where am getting the XML doc. Well, am not
getting the doc itself.I either don't understand or I disagree. In your sample code, you're certainly creating an XML document-- your local variable "xmldoc" is an XML document.
DBMS_XMLSTORE package needs
to know the canonical format and that's what I
hardcoded. Again, I either don't understand or I disagree... DBMS_XMLStore more or less assumes the format of the XML document itself-- there's a ROWSET tag, a ROW tag, and a then whatever column tags you'd like. You can override what tag identifies a row, but the rest is pretty much assumed. Your calls to setUpdateColumn identifies what subset of column tags in the XML document you're interested in.
Later in code I use
DBMS_XMLStore.setUpdateColumn to specify which
columns are to be inserted.Agreed.
xmldoc CLOB :=
'<ROWSET>
<ROW num="1">
<KEY_OLD> Smoker </KEY_OLD>
<KEY_NEW> 3 </KEY_NEW>
<TRANSFORM> Specified </TRANSFORM>
<KEY_OLD> Smoker </KEY_OLD>
<VALUEOLD> -1 </VALUEOLD>
EW> -1 </VALUENEW>
<DESCRIPTION> NA </DESCRIPTION>
</ROW>
ROWSET>';This is your XML document. You almost certainly want to be reading this from the file system and/or have it passed in from another procedure. If you hard-code the XML document, you're limited to a 32k string literal, which is almost certainly causing the error you were reporting initially.
As am writing this I'm realizing that I'm doing this
wrong, because I do need to read the XML file from
the filesystem (but insert the columns
selectively)...What I need to come up with is a proc
that would grab the XML file and do inserts into a
relational table. The XML file will change in the
future and that means that all my 'canonical format'
code will be broken. How do I deal with anticipated
change? Do I need to define/create an XML schema in
10g if am just inserting into one relat. table from
one XML file?What does "The XML file will change in the future" mean? Are you saying that the structure of the XML document will change? Or that the data in the XML document would change? Your code should only need to change if the structure of the document changes, which should be exceptionally uncommon and would only be an issue if you're adding another column that you want to work with, which would necessitate code changes.
I found an article where the issue of changing XML
file is dealt by using a XSL file (that's where I'd
define the 'canonical format'), but am having a
problem with creating one, because the source XML is
screwed up in terms of the format:
it's not <x> blah </x>
<x2> blah </x2>
x2="blah" x3="blah> ...etc
Can you point me in the right direction, please?You can certainly use something like the DBMS_XSLProcessor package to transform whatever XML document you have into an XML document in an appropriate format for the XMLStore package and pass that transformed XML document into something like your sample procedure rather than defining the xmldoc local variable with a hard-coded document. Of course, you'd need to write appropriate XSL code to do the actual transform.
Justin

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extract your xml and then you can use insert all clause.
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Table created.
SQL> insert all
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2 rows created.
SQL> select * from table1;
        ID VAL
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SQL> select * from table2;
        ID VAL
         2 b                                                                    Ants

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