Extract data from xml column to other table

Question

Hi
I have a table with clob column, inside have a xml, How can I to extract data inside column
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.8.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 9.2.0.8.0 - Production
CORE     9.2.0.8.0     Production
TNS for IBM/AIX RISC System/6000: Version 9.2.0.8.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 9.2.0.8.0 - Production

Answer 1

thank you
I have a table
SQL> desc xml_documents;
Name      Type          Nullable Default Comments
DOCNAME   VARCHAR2(200)                          
XMLDOC    CLOB          Y                        
TIMESTAMP DATE          Y                         inside XMLDOC column there is only a record below
<!-- claim77804.xml -->
<Claim>
<ClaimId>77804</ClaimId>
<Policy>12345</Policy>
<Settlements>
<Payment Approver="JCOX">1000</Payment>
<Payment Approver="PSMITH">1850</Payment>
</Settlements>
<DamageReport>
The insured's <Vehicle Make="Volks">Beetle</Vehicle>
broke through the guard rail and plummeted into a ravine.
The cause was determined to be <Cause>faulty brakes</Cause>.
Amazingly there were no casualties.
</DamageReport>
</Claim>I tried to use example from : http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/9i/xmlsequence.php
SELECT extract(value(d), '//POLICY/text()').getStringVal() AS empno
FROM    xml_documents x,
       table(xmlsequence(extract(x.xmldoc, '/ROWSET/Claim'))) d;But no work, show me error
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected - got -